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Lost jobs can be tied to outsourcing; Alex Yawor; Beaver County Times; January 8, 2010.
Some of Mr. Yawor’s previous letters attempted to bash then-President Bush regarding Iraq and Iran, and then-VP Cheney regarding his hunting accident. In a July 2006 letter, Mr. Yawor implied if you supported our action in Iraq, you were “eager to send our young to die in Iraq.” Two of Mr. Yawor’s letters tried to elevate Jimmy Carter (here and here).
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“Nike has contract factories in 50 countries. Del [sic], IBM, Sara Lee, Hanes and Maytag moved factories to Central America. Heinz and Nestle baby food that was made in China was found to be contaminated with melamine. Boeing has been outsourcing to China, Japan and other countries.”
[RWC] Mr. Yawor really means offshoring, not outsourcing. Outsourcing is when a business contracts with another business to perform some functions. For example, a business may contract with a janitorial business for cleaning services instead of doing the cleaning with its own employees.
“Cornell and Massachusetts-Amherst universities found that companies outsourced 700,000 jobs to India alone. Because of cheap labor of the other countries, American companies are getting richer and American people are getting poorer.”
[RWC] Who owns “American companies?” For the most part it’s the “American people.” That means if “American companies are getting richer,” so are “American people.”
“Auto parts are made in Mexico and the companies are laying off workers by the thousands.
“Because we no longer manufacture or sell goods like we used to, money leaves the country and now we import twice as much as we export, causing an $800 billion deficit.
“Why doesn’t our government stop spending billions of dollars to create jobs - which doesn’t seem to be working - and give each of the greedy CEOs a $1 million bonus each year to stop sending jobs overseas? I think that would save money and jobs in the long run.
“One more thing: When the CEOs get to the Pearly Gates, I hope St. Peter points them in the right direction.”
[RWC] “[G]reedy CEOs” have a fiduciary responsibility to a company’s shareholders (including you, me, and pension funds). Businesses make the decisions they need to in order to survive and succeed. Otherwise, they close up shop and/or go into bankruptcy. Would Mr. Yawor prefer businesses continue to operate in the U.S. until they (we shareholders) go bust? Other than the lefty cries of employee exploitation and CEO greed, Mr. Yawor never addresses what government and labor union management actions may be responsible. I guess it’s just easier to paint business as bad guys.
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