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Well, I'm sorry.
Bowser — (archived)

I pretty well have to agree on this. Money always wins, or usually does, and outsourcing is an inevitable result of improved transportation and communication.

After WWII the US started outsourcing from Japan, then Taiwan, then Korea, and now other Asian countries including China.

I consulted with a company which could outsource because of Boeing 747s. The widgets it sold were manufactured off-shore and shipped to the US in containers. If they ran short they could fly what they needed over here. Were it not for the 747 they would have had to have them manufactured much closer to home so as to be able to maintain an inventory.

The only new wrinkle to the newer outsourcing is that satellite communications and the internet enable outsourcing of "softer commodities", such as software and customer service.

Ain't Bush's "fault". Ain't no one's fault.

Sure is going to contribute to the "Mexicanization" of America. Turning America into the Mexican economic model. Which DOES seem to the the Bush agenda. But outsourcing itself isn't his doing at all.

Bowser

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