I was just wondering why there is no movement in US about boycotting those companies which are outsourcing jobs to other countries like India, China and Japan.
There was a huge movement in Europe about this and companies started getting the jobs back..why cant the same be done here??
To start with we should:
1. Stop buying from DELL
2. Stop using American Express cards.
3. Move our accounts from Bank of America to Wells Fargo or other banks.
and there are other things too..but this is good to start with.
Interesting notion - but we'd find ourselves without a LOT of computers and televisions and such things if we nailed them all. Some strategic picks might not be a bad idea, such as making regoinal plays: take for example all the companies in the North-east U.S. who are outsourcing offshore develpoment, organize a boycott on their products until some results are seen, publish a list of targets next on the regional play and see if they react before the boycott reaches them. Some will definitely be responsive to this - the regional play ensures that Americans still can purchase the things they need from rival competitors, but shows those competitors that they need to step up their game as well if they're next on the list.
1. Stop buying from DELL
2. Stop using American Express cards.
3. Move our accounts from Bank of America to Wells Fargo or other banks
funny thing is..... I don't have a DELL appliance in my house! my computer (my parents anyway) is made of 'hp' ... same goes for my laptop (though it has not internet...)
and my parent's accounts are SOMEWHERE besides Bank of America...
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
Publilius Syrus
Very little is ever completly made in the USA now. Most companys have offices, plants, and workers outside the USA. I do my best to buy American when I can.
As for Bank of America I personally love them I have not had one single problem with them over the 8 + years I have been a member. So I will stay with them.
The faster you fall behind,
the more time you have to
catch up !!!
We are our own worst enemy. So many people buy goods at the cheapest price they can find, and often that means it is produced elsewhere. I do love to buy something that says Made in the USA, and tell my friends when I do! But sometimes I can't find what I want or need that says that.
I'm beginning to wonder if we should believe companies claims that "they" have to go off shore because it ends up in less expensive goods to sell to the public.
Some of the jobs they are placing overseas, from what I've read, are not even involved in production but are white collar. And you know companies are only doing that to increase their bottom line - in other words, the money that gets back to the top execs and shareholders. It doesn't always have to do with producing cheaper goods anymore, just getting work done as cheaply as possible.
I read a newspaper article saying we should consider how much the off shore work improves situations for people in countries other than the U.S. I, for one, don't like seeing my standard of living decrease while it's going up in other countries.
It really does not matter whether you boycot or not. Efficiency in world markets is a growing trend and will function exactly as advertised...they're efficient markets. People in olden days had similar sentiments when information technology and easy communication and travel did not exist within the U.S (i.e. people in certain towns angry because their home firms would "outsource" to other parts of the country). However, markets readjust themselves naturally to achieve the highest amount of benefit for every individual...at this point countries are already achieving that to a certain extent. The way the population boom is occuring and the ease of transfer of materials and information accross countries, the efficiency adjustments are inevitable whether you like them or not. And truly they are for the benefit of all people across the world, granted standard of living will decrease initially but as the process approaches completion, the overall standard of living will rise as an aggregate for all countries. I do admit that this will be in the very long run (i.e. you suffer but your great grandchildren or later on down will surely reap the benefits).
Rather than letting rash judgement decide, understand the economics behind it (yes i am studying to be an economist so hate me if you must). Regulations really wont work against forces as strong as the ones naturally governing markets...just look at child labor, so many are against it there are bans and boycots and what not...it simply is extremely unlikely to almost certainly unlikely that it will not work.
We all must realize the facts and not hide our heads in the sand.......
The world is no longer a separate economy, but each country is dependent on the others for goods and resources.
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Our fast growing communication methods are uniting all nations. We are in a world economy.
There is no sense to trying to fight against a tidal wave. Join in and share the benefits.
Some of us may need to go back to school and learn the new booms...eg" Genetics..Biotech..Nanotech, etc.
When we wake up and realize the present direction of our world, only then will we be on the same page.
No, thank you.
I wouldn't get much pleasure playing "god" and creating human-animal chimeras, or cloning myself from a strand of my hair with follicle, or spittle in my mouth.
Nor does nanotechnology really excite me. The future of having a chip in my arm to pay for my purchases or track my whereabouts really isn't appealing.
Neither does short lines at the grocery store excite me with RFID technology.
I am just simple and boring.
I would, however, consider going to Africa and protecting the women and children from Islamic jihadists and predatory UN Peacekeepers hell bent on getting sex from anyone they care to regardless of age or consent.
Now, that would be a job worth having!
becker said this in post #8 : We all must realize the facts and not hide our heads in the sand.......
The world is no longer a separate economy, but each country is dependent on the others for goods and resources.
'
Our fast growing communication methods are uniting all nations. We are in a world economy.
There is no sense to trying to fight against a tidal wave. Join in and share the benefits.
Some of us may need to go back to school and learn the new booms...eg" Genetics..Biotech..Nanotech, etc.
When we wake up and realize the present direction of our world, only then will we be on the same page.
Until we are all on the same page please advise what are the out of work people here in America supposed to do?
Engineers and Hi tech persons are being dismissed or "laid Off"
Companies call it downsizing but its really a disguise for letting the older highly skilled people go and hiring the young fresh out of college guy for a third the money.
Thats what we consumers are getting. A load of unskilled labor who screw up our credit cards, Bank Statements and everything which we became accoustumed to running smoothly.
Downsizing all right In your pocket
Some in their 40's and a litttle late to go back to school and learn another craft.
WE must boycott all foreign made clothing and watch the tags girls because some clothing Cos, hide the made inChina or India.
When it gets so bad that my own customer service Reps are from another Country and one can not understand what the hell they are saying, its time to stand up for American Rights in the work place
I plan on writing my Congressperson and letting them know my vote is on the line here folks.
Enough of us can do something if we get together,
How about a letter to President Bush? I will write it and sign your names ( with persmisssion)
D
VIVA AMERICA
aka deltacent aka deltater
Life may not be the party I had hoped for.......
But while I'm here I might just as well listen to the music and dance..
The only reason that companies outsource is because it is cheaper to do it. You can all have the domestic workforce making products but would you be willing to pay the extra for it? People want cheap products and a homegrown workforce but you can't have both it's either or, right now the ones that want it cheap have spoken.
The only reason that firms got boycotted in Europe was down to call centers being moved to India ( guess why they went there) and people had trouble with the accents.
It is not just America in fact the country/region that invests the most FDI is Hong Kong, Japan, Korea,Germany then the US with UK France etc coming in later.
and it is not just China and India that is seeing this outsourcing/FDI Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Eastern European countries are all seeing this massive influx of money the governments love it because it supplies jobs, training, infrastructure etc. If it's any consolation it shifts every few decades in the 60 and 70s S. Africa and L. America saw this outsourcing and in the 1990s - 200o it was the US that was the main recipient.
02-19-2004 12:13 AM
