Donald Trump has made outsourcing and poor trade deals important issues in his 2016 presidentail campaign. I have heard many agruments from our thoughtful economic scholars in favor of outsourcing and America's poor trade deals with China & Mexico. They say that slowing outsourcing and bringing companies back to America will throw the American economy into a recession. I can't see how employing Americans rather than people abroad or how keeping Ford and Carrier factories from leaving the country hurts America.
America has been losing companies and well paying jobs for years. The country's economy is not growing. There needs to be a point where Americans get smart and put America first. I can't see how putting America first will hurt it. If America continues sheading jobs and companies, we will be in big trouble in the years to come. In effect, Americans are running out of jobs that they can do, Policemen, fireman, doctors, nurses, plumbers and electricians are jobs that must be done in the U.S., luckily. There are many college graduates that flock to these jobs not for safety but for security of having a job and a pension in the future. These jobs are not enough to drive the American economy, to keep Social security funded, to protect the world and to provide a tax base for future company bailouts.
For people with children in their college years, what are they suggesting for careers for their children ? What careers can they suggest that will be here in America in ten years. Technology is important and it will drive any economy, but why aren't many of our youth selecting tech for their careers.The fact that tech jobs are constantly moved to other countries, make it very difficult for our youth to choose this as a career. America has the talent, but it is very hard for our youth to compete with workers in other countries that can do the job for 25% to 50% of the cost of a U.S. worker. Most American talent surpasses talent overseas. The questions are: how much more talented would a skilled American worker have to be to convince a company to pay 2 to 4 times more for a U.S. worker than a worker abroad? How much harder does the U.S. worker have to work to compete with workers abroad? U.S. workers work the most hours per year and they take the least vacation time than any other countries and that's because they are competing everyday. We need to train our youth, but for them to enter a field that is and will continue to be outsourced, they need to know that at one point we will level the playing field. You cannot ask American workers to become more skilled only to outsource their jobs 5 years later when they need to pay off their high student debts.
American workers may be expensive, but lets's look at the taxes they pay. Much of our tax money is used to protect the world and to save companies that employ the world. If the American worker disappears, the world will be in trouble. American workers are expensive, but what they make is spread to employ and protect the world. Look at many of the corporations that the U.S. taxpayer bailed out during the Great Recession. These companies employ people all over the world, sometimes at the expense of a U.S. worker. When these companies were in trouble, only one country came to their aid and that was the U.S. The U.S. helped many companies on the backs of the same taxpayers that continue to be outsourced today. If these companies were truely global, where was China and India during these bailouts? Why didn't they help to bailout the companies? They had a vested interest since many of these companies employ people in India and China. Only the U.S. taxpayer came to the aid of the companies in trouble, only to be cast to the side in favor of workers abroad.
We are at a crucial point in America. We are electing a new President. We have an opportunity for real change in America. Only Donald Trump talks about American jobs and the furture of America. He is the only candidate to name companies like Ford, Carrier and Disney. No other candidate will do that because they cannot offend the entities that feed their compaigns. Most of the issues that are discussed by Democrates and Republicans today, were first brought to the discussion table by Trump. I cannot guarantee that Trump will be able to bring back every job or company from abroad. I don't even know if this is always in the best interst of our economy. I do know that if an American company tries to leave for Mexico, only one candidate will call the company and hold them accountable. That candidate is Trump. He has been a true leader during this campaign and he will be a Great American President. Vote for Trump because he will make the phone call!!!!!!!
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Thursday, April 16, 2009
IBM Outsourcing More Jobs
I recently read an article on CNN about IBM's plans to cut jobs in the United States and create jobs in India. At the same time, IBM is lobbying the U.S. governement for a share of the stimulus money. They want to be involved in the projects that are designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. At the end of the article, it quoted Hira (author of the book "Outsourcing America") that America needs to fight back against these companies.
My question is why don't Americans care. Why doesn't anyone talk about companies that accepted TARP funds, but continue to outsource jobs. Why doesn't anyone care that IBM's workforce went up from 386,558 at the end of 2007 to 398,000 at the end of 2008. Meanwhile, the U.S. employment fell from 121,000 to 115,000 during the same time. These are American jobs leaving the country each day. Today IBM is outsourcing another 5000 jobs to India. IBM wants the right to do business in the U.S. and to get help from the U.S. government, but it does not want to help the U.S. worker.
I think that in many instances, outsourcing does not work. It may sound good on paper, but when you incorporate the multiplier affect of lost jobs to our economy, I think the American people are losing big time. As you see, many college students today are steering away from a carreer in technology because of all the negative press about it. In years to come, we may have to outsource most technology jobs overseas because there truely will not be any workers in this country to do technology work.
Americans are truely missing the fact that the jobs leaving the country are not the low skilled, low wage jobs that President Obama seems to think are leaving the country. These jobs are the high skilled jobs that grow an economy and that promote innovation. With Americans leaving these posts each day, it will be sad to see what America becomes if this trend continues.
Read more about IBM and their outsourcing plans on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/26/ibm.outsourcing/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
My question is why don't Americans care. Why doesn't anyone talk about companies that accepted TARP funds, but continue to outsource jobs. Why doesn't anyone care that IBM's workforce went up from 386,558 at the end of 2007 to 398,000 at the end of 2008. Meanwhile, the U.S. employment fell from 121,000 to 115,000 during the same time. These are American jobs leaving the country each day. Today IBM is outsourcing another 5000 jobs to India. IBM wants the right to do business in the U.S. and to get help from the U.S. government, but it does not want to help the U.S. worker.
I think that in many instances, outsourcing does not work. It may sound good on paper, but when you incorporate the multiplier affect of lost jobs to our economy, I think the American people are losing big time. As you see, many college students today are steering away from a carreer in technology because of all the negative press about it. In years to come, we may have to outsource most technology jobs overseas because there truely will not be any workers in this country to do technology work.
Americans are truely missing the fact that the jobs leaving the country are not the low skilled, low wage jobs that President Obama seems to think are leaving the country. These jobs are the high skilled jobs that grow an economy and that promote innovation. With Americans leaving these posts each day, it will be sad to see what America becomes if this trend continues.
Read more about IBM and their outsourcing plans on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/26/ibm.outsourcing/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Thursday, April 2, 2009
An Economic Recovery Plan - $1 Million in AID = 1 U.S. Worker
There is a lot of debate on how to get the U.S. out of the current financial crisis. The government continue to aid corporations by buying their bad debt with $700 billion of the taxpayers' money, but this actually rewards the very people who got us into this mess. We can add caps to this plan for the people who got into mortgages they could not afford. This plan l helps everyone except for the middle class worker who is struggling to keep his/her job in a very unstable economic environment. One thing we must remember is that the very corporations we are helping are the same corporations that have been outsourcing U.S. works by the thousands for the last 10 years.
Here is my plan. Give the $700 billion to the companies that need it to shore up their balance sheets with at least one important stiplulation. For each $1 million in aid received by a corporation, they must employ 1 U.S. worker. The average salary of all employees added through this plan within each corporation must not be less than $75,000. Under this plan, some workers will get under $75,000, some will get more. This will prevent corporations from hiring low wage workers for each $1 million dollars in aid they receive.
This will help everyone. The corporations will get the aid they need. The people defaulting on their mortgages will have a job that will help them pay their mortgage. The middle class can continue to keep their jobs, spend and in essence create more jobs. The U.S. Federal government will actually see their tax revenue increase from the increased work force. This would stimulate the economy and help to lower the federal debt. The economy would grow and the value of our dollar will increase . Under this plan, approximately 700,000 new workers would be added to the economy. When was the last time an economic recovery plan added 700,000 well paid workers ?
In addition to this plan, the government can add their cap to the amount of relief and limits to CEO compensation. If there are corporations that do not like the plan and want to continue sending workers overseas, that’s fine. Maybe they can get foreign governments to help them.
Please forward this plan to your senator and congressperson.
Thank You.
Here is my plan. Give the $700 billion to the companies that need it to shore up their balance sheets with at least one important stiplulation. For each $1 million in aid received by a corporation, they must employ 1 U.S. worker. The average salary of all employees added through this plan within each corporation must not be less than $75,000. Under this plan, some workers will get under $75,000, some will get more. This will prevent corporations from hiring low wage workers for each $1 million dollars in aid they receive.
This will help everyone. The corporations will get the aid they need. The people defaulting on their mortgages will have a job that will help them pay their mortgage. The middle class can continue to keep their jobs, spend and in essence create more jobs. The U.S. Federal government will actually see their tax revenue increase from the increased work force. This would stimulate the economy and help to lower the federal debt. The economy would grow and the value of our dollar will increase . Under this plan, approximately 700,000 new workers would be added to the economy. When was the last time an economic recovery plan added 700,000 well paid workers ?
In addition to this plan, the government can add their cap to the amount of relief and limits to CEO compensation. If there are corporations that do not like the plan and want to continue sending workers overseas, that’s fine. Maybe they can get foreign governments to help them.
Please forward this plan to your senator and congressperson.
Thank You.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
More Jobs leaving the U.S.A.
Reader's Digest has outsourced their IT to HAL, a firm in India. The contract is for 7 years and $350 million. I am shocked that people in this country could not support Reader's Digest IT for that amount or less. This would allow us to keep more jobs in the U.S.
Maybe Reader's can sell their product in India. Anybody in the know in the U.S. should boycott this product.
Maybe Reader's can sell their product in India. Anybody in the know in the U.S. should boycott this product.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
America desparately needs Jobs
Many companies have received help from our government. These companies are receiving our tax money to stay in business. Many of these companies are banks and their failure is not an option. My question is why do these companies continue to outsource jobs to India. Shouldn't these companies be obligated to hire people in the United States. I refuse to listen to one more agrument that U.S. workers are too expensive. It's the CEO and executives that are too expensive. Maybe, they should be outsourced.
We need jobs in America. We need good paying jobs. The stimulus package is great for construction workers, but what about people with college degrees and training in computers, accounting, customer service and finance, how will we generate these jobs.
The stimulus package spends almost another 1 trillion of our tax money to generate 3 million jobs in years to come. At the same time, we have lost 3 million jobs and we will continue to lose at least that amount in the months to come. Instead of spending 1 trillion dollars, why not require all American companies that took TARP money to hire American workers. If these companies do not abide by this rule, they can give back the TARP. Maybe countries like India or Singapore should help these companies with TARP money.
As a taxpayer, I would pay double to hire a worker in the U.S. than in India. When we employ a U.S. worker, that worker buys goods in the U.S., he buys a home in the U.S., he pays federal, state, local and social security taxes. A U.S. worker may seem expensive, but he has many partners; one of biggest partners is the Federal government.
The saddest thing about outsourcing is that no one is willing to talk about it. I find it disturbing that as I write this email, there are U.S. workers training their Indian counterparts to fill the position that they hold. What's worse is that this is taking place in companies that received help from our government. Our government helps these companies, but these companies shun U.S. workers. This is sad; really sad and nobody cares. Many people feel that their jobs can't be outsourced and this may be true. You can't outsource an electrician, but if a U.S. worker is not occupying office space in the U.S., do we need an electrician to provide a working environment for the worker. I guess the electrician, construction and plumber jobs in essence have also been outsourced.
P.S. This should be front page news. It is an outrage. I'm sure people will feel the same once they find out what is really going on with their tax money.
We need jobs in America. We need good paying jobs. The stimulus package is great for construction workers, but what about people with college degrees and training in computers, accounting, customer service and finance, how will we generate these jobs.
The stimulus package spends almost another 1 trillion of our tax money to generate 3 million jobs in years to come. At the same time, we have lost 3 million jobs and we will continue to lose at least that amount in the months to come. Instead of spending 1 trillion dollars, why not require all American companies that took TARP money to hire American workers. If these companies do not abide by this rule, they can give back the TARP. Maybe countries like India or Singapore should help these companies with TARP money.
As a taxpayer, I would pay double to hire a worker in the U.S. than in India. When we employ a U.S. worker, that worker buys goods in the U.S., he buys a home in the U.S., he pays federal, state, local and social security taxes. A U.S. worker may seem expensive, but he has many partners; one of biggest partners is the Federal government.
The saddest thing about outsourcing is that no one is willing to talk about it. I find it disturbing that as I write this email, there are U.S. workers training their Indian counterparts to fill the position that they hold. What's worse is that this is taking place in companies that received help from our government. Our government helps these companies, but these companies shun U.S. workers. This is sad; really sad and nobody cares. Many people feel that their jobs can't be outsourced and this may be true. You can't outsource an electrician, but if a U.S. worker is not occupying office space in the U.S., do we need an electrician to provide a working environment for the worker. I guess the electrician, construction and plumber jobs in essence have also been outsourced.
P.S. This should be front page news. It is an outrage. I'm sure people will feel the same once they find out what is really going on with their tax money.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Out Sourcing the USA
I would like to introduce this blog to bring up the subject of job outsourcing. People think that if their jobs are not being outsourced, they will not be affected. People think that outsourcing is similar to the manufacturing jobs that we gave away decades ago. People think that life in the USA will always be great and we will always live in prosperity. They think that everything will work itself out.
Well, the people who think this way are all wrong. Even if your job is not outsourced, people in the USA losing high paying jobs will affect everyone in the long run. If you are a contractor, your job cannot be outsourced, but who will hire you in the U.S. if the people making money are in India. A good idea for a contractor may be to relocate to India or China. When the large banks and brokerage firms in America expect to make the same money from people in this country from interest on mortgages, credit card accounts, brokerage trading fees, etc., they will find that there is no money to be found. Why?, because they outsourced the people who used to generate their largest revenues. Then comes the Federal, State and City governments. These are all partners with the high cost U.S. worker. The government will not get the same revenue from taxes since the good paying jobs are located overseas. Perhaps the Federal government can go back to the government in India to collect their missing revenue so that they pay current social security recipients, fund the war in Iraq, bail out the very large corporations that are doing the outsourcing when they end up losing money from bad investments, etc., etc.
The comparison to the current outsourcing trend and the loss of manufacturing jobs is ridiculous. The loss of manufacturing jobs hurt the U.S. , but in the long run the people in the U.S. were able to re-train themselves into jobs that required more technical expertise and paid a lot more. These in turn contributed to one of the longest expansions of the U.S. economy in 1990's. With jobs ranging from technology to medical fields being outsourced, what are we supposed to re-train ourselves to do once these jobs are gone? People who worked and studied hard to build a career in information technology, accounting, architecture, newspaper reporting, medical and legal services, high-level engineering design, brokerage and radiology will one day find that they are out of jobs. What does the government want these people to do? What should they train themselves in ? Nobody seems to have the answer to these questions. When our manufacturing jobs left the country at least we could switch from a country that manufactures to a country that provides services.
Lastly, people think that life in the U.S. will continue as it is today. Well, I have news for these people. We are giving other countries everything we have. We are training them in our technologies. We showed them how our banking and brokerage systems work. What will stop other countries from not only taking our jobs, but setting up corporations of their own. In essence, the U.S. corporation may one day find that they are competing with the very countries that they outsourced to. Countries like India and China are becoming richer and more powerful. They are growing. They are competing with us for natural resources like oil and wheat. Prices of oil and wheat have skyrocketed in the U.S. This has affected the price of almost everything we buy. As a result, our standard of living has decreased. This downward spiral will only continue unless we stop outsourcing today.
In conclusion, when we outsource all our high paying jobs to other countries, we are not only losing jobs, we are losing a country. Students in colleges will have to make some tough decisions as to the course of study they want to undertake. Colleges will have to justify their high tuitions, if students cannot find jobs when they graduate. Ask yourself one question, how many college students are training in tech jobs ? The answer is not many and I think this is very sad.
Well, the people who think this way are all wrong. Even if your job is not outsourced, people in the USA losing high paying jobs will affect everyone in the long run. If you are a contractor, your job cannot be outsourced, but who will hire you in the U.S. if the people making money are in India. A good idea for a contractor may be to relocate to India or China. When the large banks and brokerage firms in America expect to make the same money from people in this country from interest on mortgages, credit card accounts, brokerage trading fees, etc., they will find that there is no money to be found. Why?, because they outsourced the people who used to generate their largest revenues. Then comes the Federal, State and City governments. These are all partners with the high cost U.S. worker. The government will not get the same revenue from taxes since the good paying jobs are located overseas. Perhaps the Federal government can go back to the government in India to collect their missing revenue so that they pay current social security recipients, fund the war in Iraq, bail out the very large corporations that are doing the outsourcing when they end up losing money from bad investments, etc., etc.
The comparison to the current outsourcing trend and the loss of manufacturing jobs is ridiculous. The loss of manufacturing jobs hurt the U.S. , but in the long run the people in the U.S. were able to re-train themselves into jobs that required more technical expertise and paid a lot more. These in turn contributed to one of the longest expansions of the U.S. economy in 1990's. With jobs ranging from technology to medical fields being outsourced, what are we supposed to re-train ourselves to do once these jobs are gone? People who worked and studied hard to build a career in information technology, accounting, architecture, newspaper reporting, medical and legal services, high-level engineering design, brokerage and radiology will one day find that they are out of jobs. What does the government want these people to do? What should they train themselves in ? Nobody seems to have the answer to these questions. When our manufacturing jobs left the country at least we could switch from a country that manufactures to a country that provides services.
Lastly, people think that life in the U.S. will continue as it is today. Well, I have news for these people. We are giving other countries everything we have. We are training them in our technologies. We showed them how our banking and brokerage systems work. What will stop other countries from not only taking our jobs, but setting up corporations of their own. In essence, the U.S. corporation may one day find that they are competing with the very countries that they outsourced to. Countries like India and China are becoming richer and more powerful. They are growing. They are competing with us for natural resources like oil and wheat. Prices of oil and wheat have skyrocketed in the U.S. This has affected the price of almost everything we buy. As a result, our standard of living has decreased. This downward spiral will only continue unless we stop outsourcing today.
In conclusion, when we outsource all our high paying jobs to other countries, we are not only losing jobs, we are losing a country. Students in colleges will have to make some tough decisions as to the course of study they want to undertake. Colleges will have to justify their high tuitions, if students cannot find jobs when they graduate. Ask yourself one question, how many college students are training in tech jobs ? The answer is not many and I think this is very sad.
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