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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:38 AM Original message |
What are the pros & cons of "Out Sourcing" our Jobs to other countries? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Best thing about outsourcing: |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Economic Jerk Offs are missing a salient point: |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Just watch today's "news" shows.... |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Indians and Chinese and Thais |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I was about to argue that with my fiscally Republican friend... |
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Menshevik (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. also hurts a lot of people with degrees |
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ObaMania (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. .. not to mention it insults them too! |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Walmart |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. it is good for the bottom-line of corporations |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Their mother is in the Insurance Industry |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. But it all has to collapse some day... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. see post #2 |
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AG78 (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well it makes |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. Greed |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think they say |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I would sure like to see some examples of "in-sourcing" |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. According to an article I read in Business Week |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Millions of Jobs |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. No...I'm ASKING you to find it,we deal with facts and links on DU.. |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I don't have a Biz Week subscription |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Maids? |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. How many of you own a VCR? OK, how many own a MX Missle? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If by insource you mean the opposite of outsource |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Insourcing: |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. LOL |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thanks. |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Apparently you earn it |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I agree |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Can you name one job title |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "Private, Iraqi Army" |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Thanks for reminding me |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Insourcing is bullcrap |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 06:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I can't think of a single job |
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No Mandate Here. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. It helps the corporatists in power. |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. You got it...Keep dragging out the "Your lucky to have a job" |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. The main argument for outsourcing seems to be ... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. The "comparative advantage" system works best among countries of |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
22. Osama, China and North Korea love American outsourcing because |
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UNIXcock (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. certain outsourcing is good ... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. Good and bad of outsourcing |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. A Republican I know was complaining about customer service |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Didn't Dell scrap its outsourcing.... |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I heard that too but they're still using Turkish tech support |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. The Trades |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I thought that that was what I was doing |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. They were in India last month because I got John, Paul, George & |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
25. The corporate line is that |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Good Post! |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Third World countries |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
42. It's also kind of like the dual income family. 25 years ago a dual income |
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MsConduct (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. No pros, all cons. n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. One good point. When we have to flee our country |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. Outsourcing depends on the US economy being an engine |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. However, the people who are responsible for our loss of |
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diplomats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What nobody ever mentions is that some products made overseas |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. $150 sneakers are the reason that I buy my athletic shoes |
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csm (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. what outsourcing does is change labor into a commodity . |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 05:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. The * Crime administration |
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