...the loss of U.S. jobs to overseas competitors is shaping up to be one of the defining issues of the 2004 campaign. And for good reason. Voters are seeing not just a decline in manufacturing jobs, but also the outsourcing of hundreds of thousands of white-collar brain jobs--everything from software coders to financial analysts for investment banks. These were supposed to be the "safe" jobs, for which high school guidance counselors steered the children of blue-collar workers into college to avoid their parents' fate.Posted by Admin at February 3, 2004 08:44 AMBut the loss of some of these jobs is only the most obvious--and not even the most worrying--aspect of a much bigger problem. Other countries are now encroaching more directly and successfully on what has been, for almost two decades, the heartland of our economic success -- the creative economy. Link
Two things,
First we will see a shift of these jobs back to the States once, they, the Fortune 500 Companies see the difference in quality. I called to get a bankcard from Chase Manhattan and I called India. The first women on the phone sounded like a robot. The second women was unable understand me and on the third call I apologized that people from India have to field calls from people like me. I have centrist views and believe I am fairly patient, if I had a hard time managing I truly believe others have, did and still do. So eventually I think we will see a shift back, however, the types of salaries we saw in the 90's will not be the same. The second and final thing is that it is time America and Americans face the facts. We as a group of people have to know that we share the world and this country with everyone. We have to learn to compete with every group regardless of race, religion, color or creed. This is a world order that the educated and tolerant are going to eventually win. The process of progress is inevitable.
good night!