Top White House aide defends outsourcing

[kalian]

http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/story/0,4567,106065,00.html

(NEW YORK) Contracting jobs overseas is 'simply the latest manifestation of free trade', a top White House economic aide said in defence of a practice used by American companies.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. If anyone

is stupid enough to think this pResident is for the American people, maybe this article will change their minds.

[coloradodem2005]

2. Please.

We don't want to keep jobs here. They want to pull the rug out from under everybody.

[annagull]

3. Hopefully this idiot will be "outsourced" in November

Greed, greed, greed. That's all these guys know, even at the cost of our nation.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Yes, we know, we know. But what happens when Americans

unite against free trade, eh? I guess they never thought about that one.

[54anickel]

5. Workers will end up on the hamster wheel of constantly training for skills

of the day. Once you master a set of skills and your industry standardizes the procedures, they'll be outsourced to be done on the cheap. Then you get to start all over again. Helps innovation, but at what cost to the working class and the US economy as a whole?

[Gin]

6. "Outsource George Bush"...........good campaign sign.

gin

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Or "George Bush for President of India!"

I'm sure he'll get votes there.

[FloridaPat]

8. Bush is for sending jobs overseas. In a report by an Inidan

newspaper several months ago, Bush promised to stop and state or federal laws that will stop the jobs going overseas to India. He promised that to the Indian companies that are currently in the US with Indian workers. I don't think any laws have been passed anywhere yet.

[mhr]

11. India Times Article - Bush Supports Outsourcing - Here Is Proof!

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=22887

US gives India assurance on outsourcing
CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK< SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2003 10:01:26 AM >

WASHINGTON: The Indian government and businesses have won a major assurance from the Bush Administration on the issue of outsourcing.

A senior US official has said Washington is against any attempt by state governments to legislate a ban on outsourcing on the lines of what is being considered in New Jersey and other states.

The official, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, gave this assurance in course of three hours of intensive talks with Indian Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley, during which they discussed subjects ranging from the movement of people to the export of Indian mangoes to the US.

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But the controversial issue of outsourcing was clearly on top of the pile and Jaitley said he had explained that the public and political opinion in India regards the move by some US states as "completely contrary to the spirit of market access and creates an adverse environment when negotiations were on in various other sectors."

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[ramapo]

9. Outsourcing required for profit

Outsourcing is a great way for a company to cut costs. Cutting costs is needed to increase profit. Increased profits are the only way to get the stock price up. A higher stock market is all the top 10% care about. Bush serves the top 10%. When most of the bottom 90% understand this we'll have regime change.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. As long as they can find consumers overseas too, I guess we're out

of luck.