How many times have you heard that immigrants (especially those from south of the border) are taking jobs here while americans are not being hired. How many times have you heard animocity twoards immigrants because they "stole" someone's job?
They stole which job. Many take jobs doing landscaping. Others work in the hospitality business, taking jobs such as housekeeping and maintaining buildings. How many people do you know that would want to take those jobs? How many of you would like to make minimum wage (or less) doing such laborious work? Has anyone tried to find a housekeeper in the last 10 years? It's not easy. The people that you get from the agencies are often so bad that they either end up quitting because the task is to hard, or you end up having to hire them. No one wants the job. Except immigrants. For them, it is a vast improvement over what conditions they were formerly living in. For them, it is a dream job. Poles, Mexicans, and other immigrant groups take the jobs that no one else will take. They do us a SERVICE. They do us a FAVOR. They take these jobs which many people consider menial, and they often do a good job.
On CNN yesterday, there were these people protesting illegal immigration. Yes, illegal immigration is bad because its illegal. Its bad because employers can get away with not declaring taxes, and they can get labor for less than minimum wage. Illegal immigrants are not bad people though, they came here for the oppertunity. Their motives are not bad, and they do our labor that no one else wants to do for a reasonable ammount, all while benifiting from an increased level of financial happiness.
Out sourcing works in much the same way. Yes, phone bank operators are loosing their job, because people in other countries are willing to do the labor for a lot less money. In the United States, people demand an outrageous amount of money for menail tasks that a 15 year old could provide. We have lost jobs, but it has not been to outsourcing. Times change, and industries change. The United States used to be a huge manufacturing country, and before that we focussed on aggricultrue. Now, we are a service oriented country, with manufacturing jobs often having moved to areas where goods are cheaper to produce, such as in China. Eventually, it may come around where China may become too expensive, and Manufacturing will move to Africa. But the companies that manufacture the goods are often American. They can make the products for a cheaper price, which is passed on to the consumer. The lower price increases demand, and the companies profit. So do the american people, with cheaper products. Products that were too expensive to produce before are now economical, and new products come to market. With the increased profits for the companies, and the decreased costs for the consumer, the economy goes up and more jobs are created in other fields, such as services. With outsourcing, the American companies can provide menial services for a lower cost, increasing profits. They can also provide better services to the American people, because such services are now economical. For example, you now get to talk to someone when you call apple or other companies. You don't have to wait 5 hours. The increased profits for the companies and the lowered costs for the consumer once again overall benifit the economy, and eventually more jobs are created again.
So don't hate on foreigners. Don't hate on companies. Don't hate on outsourcing or china or india. Hate the fact that it takes a little bit of time for the jobs to be created, and hate on the fact that jobs will be lost for a time.
