FW: FW: MIDRANGE-JOBS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 187

From: Shadrach Scott [mailto:shadrachscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The bigger and most undeniable fact is that outsourcing just transfers
wealth out of the
American middle class to outsourcing companies (and to a small degree
the
employees of those corporations) and to the primary shareholders of
multinational companies. It's a short term redistribution at best,
since it
is the disposable income of the American middle class that has
supported a
significant segment of the growth of the world's economy in the first
place.

I have been looking at articles and statistics on the web this evening
and can not find a source that would back this comment up. Can you point
me to a source to back up your "undeniable fact".

This part is simple, and there's nothing I can do to convince you if you
don't see the obvious: any foreign programmer takes money from an American
middle class worker. Typically even if that person can find another job, it
pays less and has fewer benefits.

I am not finding the numbers that support your point. You claim it is
"simple math" but I don't find any numbers that even start to support
your claim.

Shadrach, if you think the average American is better off today than two,
three, five or ten years ago, then good for you. We can stop this
conversation right now, because you live in a different universe, and it
really doesn't matter what we discuss.

You can quote all the government statistics you want. Remember, the
government also says the CPI only went up 3% per year, yet three
staples--gasoline, milk and natural gas--all have risen nearly 100% in the
last couple of years. Health care premiums rose 35% between 2000 and 2004
alone.

I'm not going to argue with you anymore. If you think outsourcing is good,
then please, go to your local Union hall and shout it to the rafters.

We'll send flowers.

Joe