I'm curious, is there any tangible difference between say, hiring a dirty messican for some factory work at $3/hr in California, compared to outsourcing the same job at the same rate to somewhere in China/Honduras/Bangladesh? I ask cause it seems that the same people (or at the very least, many I've spoken to) that complain that they hate illegals cause they "steal their jerbs!" seem to have little issue with the latter. I'm sure I might be missing something here, but I don't see it. Is it one of those "if I can't see it in front of me, it's not actually happening!" cases?
Really? Companies who outsource much of their labor have been criticized for some time, whereas companies who don't (or claim they don't) are proud to point it out: Made in America, by Americans.
It was mumbling and grumbling rather than a furor but criticism nonetheless.
Yup. I was surprised, since I thought that they'd be pissed since the results are pretty much the same. For whatever reason, most of the repubs I spoke to looooove outsourcing.
Unrelated...
You know, I was thinking about what Bill Maher said the other day about who's actually a moderate republican, and then pointing to Obama. And turns out, there may be some truth to it afterall.
Teddy Roosevelt:
-Trust buster
-Wanted universal health care
-Big time treehugger
Dwight D. Eisenhower:
-Advocated tax rates over 90% for the wealthy
-Wanted universal health care
-Was against excessive military spending
Richard Nixon:
-Created SSI
-Surprisingly big on regulation
-Surprisingly liberal on environmental policy
-Was willing to initiate Universal health care (his plan, ironically, more liberal than Obamacare in some ways)
Ronald Reagan:
-Raised taxes 11 times, and had the highest tax rate at 50% (even though he lowered it later).
-Granted amnesty to 20 million illegal immigrants.
-Supported the Montreal Protocol
-Wanted to get rid of nukes
Thinking about it, in many ways, Obama might just be the LEAST liberal of the bunch here.
Seriously, if these guys showed up at a teabagger rally (and the teabaggers actually had any idea of what they did) they'd lynch them on the same tree branch as Obama.