Actually, I didn't accuse you of ignoring the problem there before I decided I didn't want to start this argument up again. I objected to your position that the U.S. government shouldn't introduce penalties for offshoring. With that said, here's a question: what would you propose we do about the loss of American middle-class jobs to poorer countries?
how about you - but not just you, the collective consumer in america - decrease their preference for cheaper, outsourced goods? Which is pretty much everything, from electronics or foods, to service.
There's really very few things that we love and use that are not outsourced. Think about that.
and i'm not saying i necesarily disagree with you, rather that globalism's benefits and failures depend on which end of the gunbarrel you are facing. You and I, as US middle class consumers,, are facing the end with the trigger, while the guys that lose their jobs in US/the poor Third World guys who get shitty low paying abusive jobs are facing the other end of the barrel. It benefits some at the expense of others, and it is benefiting consumers like us in this forum.
i'm not saying this is ok, or that we should continue this, but if you want to provide barriers for outsourcing, you gotta come up with solutions that address all these quirks.
