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  • #2
    i dont think there can be "foreign" in the US cause everyone is "foreign" except the navaho.

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    • #3
      I'll make the obvious statement and suggest scrapping the H-1B program and wait for someone to attack me.
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      • #4
        I mean White Collar Jobs being outsourced overseas, not immigrants flooding the US labour market.
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        • #5
          Damn foreigners!
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          • #6
            Accurate.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
              I mean White Collar Jobs being outsourced overseas, not immigrants flooding the US labour market.
              Same difference.
              I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
              For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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              • #8
                No, it isn't. Part of the problem is NAFTA, some is Puerto Rico, wherever.
                Entirely different.
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                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                • #9
                  There's a bunch of reasons, but management bloat is one issue - a lot of companies who don't move stuff overseas still find they can get by with leaner management to grunt ratios, and less levels of management.

                  A lot of it is "waitandseeitis" on the parts of both companies and capital finance.

                  There are some types of jobs that can be remotely outsourced, but a lot still require some form of physical presence, so they're not remotely outsourceable.

                  One of the big drivers for this offshore movement is not just labor costs (since you have startup costs and productivity issues), but preferential tax treatment for offshore affiliates of US companies. If you make tax treatment neutral for onshore and offshore operations, you reduce the incentive.

                  On the flip side, you can't have totally non-competitive pricing for fixed plant, labor, or anything else, in an open economy.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DinoDoc
                    Same difference.
                    Sure. I'm sure the rest of the world could adapt to not selling resources to the US, and not buying US products. You can't have an open market, and have all of it benefit one side.
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                    • #11
                      So MtG, do you see many of these white collar jobs as being permanently lost? How will the economy restructure itself to provide for any jobs permanently lost to overseas?
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                      "I imagine the neighbors on your right are estatic." - Slowwhand

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
                        So MtG, do you see many of these white collar jobs as being permanently lost? How will the economy restructure itself to provide for any jobs permanently lost to overseas?
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                        • #13
                          While America is at it, would they mind sending some white-collar jobs to Australia? Thanks.
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                          • #14
                            I feel for those guys. It took me 2 months to find a decent job and in the end I had to relocate to get it. Still, you have to do what you have to do.
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                            • #15
                              This damned city of Bangalore should be razed to the ground. Isn't it obvious that they are secretly developing advanced WMD over there?
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