Comments on: ‘I made an Indian girl cry, you can do it too!’- The Times of India

By: Ninja

Ninja — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:53:18 +0000

I hate outsourcing because the call center cannot speak English and are STUPID!!!

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:42:32 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that your father’s job was outsourced. However, according to economic theory,
outsourcing is not bad. Because of outsourcing prices are lower. Outsourcing also allows labor
in a country to become more specialized, thus increasing its value. In addition, through outsourcing
a geographic area becomes free to develop its niche, which raises the standard of living.
For a more comprehensive and better explanation on these theories, read the works of Robert Barro,
and Michael Kremer, both Professors of Economics at Harvard University. Chances are that your
father will find an even better job or make life changes resulting in an improved standard of
living in the long run.

By: Blog Jones

Blog Jones — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:04:10 +0000

My dad works in the textile industry, which is dying in America because it can’t compete with global competition on price.

But you know what he’s doing? He’s moving away from the dying manufacturing side and towards other, more sustainable facets of the industry. He, along with a good friend and a few venture capitalists, started their own business. (I’d be more specific, but I don’t know how to explain his job.)

The point is, he moved. He adapted, which is what you have to do in a capitalist system. I mean, that’s why I’m not studying to do computer science, because I know that industry is currently not doing well. I wouldn’t aspire to become a farmer, a textile engineer, or a buggy-whip manufacturer for the same reasons.

You can’t just sit there and hope another job comes, you know? You’ve got to either make yourself more attractive to companies than your competition (foreign and domestic), perhaps through additional training of some sort, or you’ve got to create a job for yourself.

Globalization can’t be stopped. The competition from India and China won’t go away, ever. There’s nothing the government can do, or should do. Tariffs and other protectional measures will only be met with retaliation from their governments, and that just hurts everybody. The solution is to be *better* than the competition in some way, not to sabotage the competition.

By: another view

another view — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:27:20 +0000

ok, so i think your view is a little narrow. my dad’s job of ten years was outsourced to inda.
only because he was white and middle aged and making too much money. i know hundreds of men in
the us that have had that happen with computer tech jobs. no that doesn’t give anyone the right
to harass anyone, but not all problems with outsourcing jobs to inda have everything to raceism.