Re:Outsourcing... being good. (Score 1)

Well, contrary to your friend is the real world. It has been reported that Indian software actually outperforms US made software in reliability benchmarks. I have worked in the software industry since 1995 and would agree with statement. However, my job is not in jeapordy, but have seen quite high attrition rates in my industry. Plus, I also have a friend who is currently in India training his company's new employees. As a result of his training, he has severly cut back his personal spending for fear of his own job and has acknowledged that his Indian counterparts are quite talented. Plus, 50% of US graduate students in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering are from other nations. Some of the most advanced surgical procedures are being performed in Malaysia, Singapore, and Europe. Japan typically has more advanced consumer electronics that are available in the US. Open up a PC and you pretty much see a United Nations of components. Chrylser in now owned by a German company. And in a response to your prior comments, Indian and Chinese standard of living will improve, but will take GENERATIONS. In the meantime, US workers will have little choice but to accept declining wages until there is equilibrium with GLOBAL wages. Additionally by our own government estimates, because China and India are expected to become larger economies than ours by 2025. With respect to you and your friend, but your beliefs that foreign countries are not capable of our level of innovation is extremely naieve. These arguments are hardly ignorant. And frankly far more respectful of US worker competition than yours. If you are so confident that, over the long term, outsourcing will benefit the US economy tell me where the US has a competitive and innovative edge that foreign nations will not be able to match? Where will the US economy be growing jobs? Most of your historical arguments come from manufacturing job losses that were replaced by the information age jobs. What other industries are there beyond information? My friend IT is just the beginning. Any knowledge based occupation can be done somewhere else. The only thing logically thing is left are those jobs that are restricted by geography and cultural differences. You can train foreigners on US GAAP accounting principals, but it's much more difficult to teach them the American love affair with Football. Hence, you can outsource Accountants, but not Sports Writers. The global economy means global wage competition.