Outsourcing an American story; Americans companies are out to destroy our country seeking the almighty dollars.

The issue of outsourcing is difficult to comprehend because there are people who feel very strongly about each side of the issue. That is to say, large corporations, which make huge profits from outsourcing, feel very strongly that it is important to our economy, whereas American workers, who are constantly losing their jobs, and retirement savings because of outsourcing, feel very strongly that we must put an end to it. State governments are now outsourcing much of their computer work to India in order to save money for the taxpayers. According to CPJR and others this practice is “shortsighted,” because “people who don’t work don’t pay taxes”. In other words, by laying off taxpayers in order to save tax money, you end up losing tax revenue because of unemployment, and other social programs. I hell the same view when I attended graduate school in Texas and got into some major heated discussing with my professor and classmates.

Outsourcing is not good for the American economy. The people arguing in favor of outsourcing are the small percentage that profit because of it. Unfortunately, in this country, that small percentage has a lot of say about what laws get passed because they have the money to lobby our Republicans Congress.

Rather than aiming for a “Free Trade Agreement,” we as Americans must demand a “Fair Trade” agreement from our government.  According to Dobbs, we must follow the example set by Ronald Regan, who fought for American automakers by limiting the number of Japanese cars that could be imported per year, during the 1980’s. Proponents of outsourcing claim that free trade is good for every country that participates, however, according to Dobbs, there are “clear winners” and “clear losers”.   One of those losers is the United States.

The allure of inexpensive high quality labor is proving more and more tempting to American companies. Many companies have not been able to pass up this temptation, claiming that moving jobs overseas is necessary for them to make a profit. These companies are effectively crippling the future economy of the United States, in order to make a quick profit. Foreign-based firms sold more products in America, while America benefited from the creation of new manufacturing operations and jobs”. In order to succeed in a global economy we, as Americans, must force Congress to allow us to compete by implementing laws that allow us to trade “fairly,” rather than “freely.” We must demand that our elected officials run from the free trade agreements that we are in now, and renegotiate trade agreements, keeping America’s interests in mind. We need agreements that allow our country to grow and stay competitive.