Quote Originally Posted by Fengzi
As usual, most folks really have no idea what they are talking about. Outsourcing is not as bad as people think it is, in fact, there are a great number of advantages that people don't see.

The U.S currently has a 4.6% unemployment rate, which basically means full employment. In other words, that 4.6% is largely made up of people who probably wouldn't want a job if you were to give it to them. Don't get exited, I'm not saying the entire 4.6% falls into that catagory, but a pretty good portion of them.
we are as you said very near full employment, but I would like to point out that this leftover unemployment is not from those unwilling to work.

This issue is less about the availability of jobs and more about salary. As we outsource specific tech jobs to other countries our nation experiences more "structural unemployment" These workers then must find less skill specific lower paying jobs. It is obvious that as jobs move overseas where companies can pay significantly lower wages, it puts great strain on the American worker's bargaining power when it comes to attempting to gain needed wage increases to keep the same standard of living he or she is accustomed to.