Outsourcing is the focus of increased revenue for a select few at the cost of American jobs today and in the future, jobs that will never come back to this country. Outsourcing has devastated U.S. manufacturing and is know taking its toll on the U.S. service industry. America will never be able to sustain a viable economy based on a service nation, and the economic conditions today in the U.S. reflect that. In the 1970’s when the U.S. experienced a severe recession, manufacturing and new construction played a significant role toward economic recovery, two important aspects of recovery that are much smaller in size and with a larger population. Literacy and illiteracy has little to do with outsourcing, substantially lower standards of living is the attraction, it’s the profit, it’s the main reason millions of Americans are unemployed and unsure of not only their own futures, but their children’s futures as well. The American government will continue to sit idle while trade balances continue to favor America’s so called “trading parteners,” leaving the U.S. population with little to no aternatives. China insist on having American corporations maintain manufacturing facilities in China in order to sell the products in that country, a one way street and a no win situation for American workers.

Reference
Jowett, A. (2008) Department of Geography, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Glasgow, Scotland, UK