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Littlefella,
We seem to be arguing a very similar thing here; I think it is possibly worse in the European Union since the new member states - Poland, Czech, Hungary etc joined as they are part of the trading block and many companies have moved production to these countries. I guess it is a very similar situation in North America.
Dont bother reading the articles on the benefits of outsourcing as they are purely about economics; it is more personal experiences that count in such situations - whether a family member or friend has lost a job to a low cost country.
I live in a former communist country, my wife spent the first 20 years of her life under communism and the area where her family is from is still pretty much communist. My wife's mother lost her job, she made about 250 USD a month, but it was even cheaper in China, so the company moved production there. You will also find countries such as India even struggle to compete with China.
I place no blame on the people in low cost countries but I do blame businesses that move production to these countries that have extremely poor working conditions, forced labour, child labour and such. Western businesses should be punished for such practices and prevented from doing so. These are the main reasons why costs are low and if there was a level playing field, more jobs would stay in the country of origin.
I could go on for ever on this subject but, as I said, it often boils down to personal experience.
B2W
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