Herbert: Education Is No Protection (Outsourcing White Collar Jobs)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/opinion/26HERB.html

The conference was held discreetly in the Westin New York hotel in Times Square last week, and by most accounts it was a great success.

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The conference was titled "Offshore Outsourcing: Making the Journey Work for Your Corporation." Its goal was to bring executives up to speed on the hot new thing in corporate America, the shipment of higher-paying white-collar jobs to countries with eager, well-educated and much lower-paid workers.

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Several big-name corporations had representatives at the conference, including Procter & Gamble, Motorola, Cisco Systems and Gateway.

Because the outsourcing of white-collar jobs is so controversial and politically charged (especially in a presidential election year), there was a marked reluctance among many of the participants to speak publicly about it. But Mr. Vashistha showed no reluctance. He was quick to proselytize.

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We can grapple with this problem now, and try to develop workable solutions. Or we can ignore this fire in the basement of the national economy until it rages out of our control.

[The Zanti Regent]

1. But the Screw York TImes sees nothing wrong with this

They just love that free trade, but I wonder how BS Bob and his Presstitute Pals will feel when THEIR jobs are outsourced?

Just think of Bob Herbert and Whoreen Dowd fighting for a job as a Wal Mart Greeter...