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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:54 AM Original message |
37.7 million US jobs could be outsourced to other countries. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. And yet |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Aren't you a bit elitist? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Yeah right. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It is extremely elitist |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Deleted sub-thread |
thethinker (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Dream On |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Makes you kinda wonder |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Tag team eh? |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Classifying labor like all other expenses |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Well, let's be honest. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. My husband's employer tried outsourcing, and discovered it |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Don't worry. CorpAmurka will find a workaround for that. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Yes, but . . . |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. They were pretty gentle in that they didn't fire anyone. They just didn't |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why not?........A rant. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. People are being asked to take cuts in pay and benefits |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. There are still 37 million jobs in this country? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Now you're talking crazy |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. The corporate race for the bottom in wages is not progress. We can stop it |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. "Progress" cannot be "bad". So if it IS "bad", it is not "progress". |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. So the march towards increased environmental degradation is progress? |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wonderful, who is going to buy their products? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Americans will, of course. Not having to work, they will have plenty |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I have a better idea. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Exactly. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just don't mention QUALITY. |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you know where to find Binders study I'd like to see it |
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yankeeinlouisiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Here it is |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thanks, I appreciate the link |
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yankeeinlouisiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Found the chart! |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Some of those 'highly offshorable' industries are experiencing shortages in labor offshore as well |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. When enough people work at below poverty wages and cannot pay their bills... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. My son works for an international messaging and security software company |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. I guess that's why I'm seeing lots of road-work. Can't out-source the highways. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. If you haven't already . . . |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Real Cost of Offshoring -- Business Week says US data spun to hide job loss impact |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That may be, |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. But * says outsourcing is good for Merica.. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Tell me about it. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. * said there were WMD's in Iraq too. Oops |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. More helpful would've been a list of what ISN'T "offshoreable" |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. You mean, we still have jobs to outsource? |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. If it can be done online and takes a computer |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. But does the CEO class care? NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. 10% of the entire population seems high |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. Some of it depends upon what else is office shored |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. My Brother in Law (an engineer) used to laugh at all the blue collar workers that... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You know, because EVERYONE is either meant for college or a psychic. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. We don't talk politics anymore. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I know a few of those. |
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windy252 (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I think I know one of those too n/t |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. There's gotta be a way to blame this on illegal immigrants. There just has to |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. Too bad people in finance don't get outsourced... maybe they'll STFU about how great all those... |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. Right now the business areas are still protecting their own.. IT though(the nerds) f'em. |
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