Ice Hockey Players
28-08-2004, 06:47
Apparently the U.S. government offers tax breaks to corporations to take jobs out of the country. Wait a minute, does htat make sense to anyone else here?
I understand if they offer tax breaks to keep jobs at home; if Dubya did that, he would likely get a lot of union vote and perhaps more jobs would be created...or at least fewer lost. I also understand if Dubya didn't give tax breaks either way, what with free market principles and all. Let the employer decide.
But to actively encourage employers to go overseas just sounds ludicrous to me. It's as if he's flipping the middle finger to the workers here. It's certainly not free market at all; there appear to be no monetary benefits to keeping jobs at home now that taxes are more favorable overseas, as are wages.
I work in a call center taking tech support jobs...you know, the type of job that has largely been outsorced to India by every corporation under the Sun except for Verizon, my employer. I hear countless of people telling me how happy they are that I speak fluent English and am easy to understand, as compared to most tech support people who speak with thick accents and may not know a lot of English. It leads me to believe that consumers prefer to deal with people they can easily understand.
Maybe there's a logical reason Bush is encouraging employers to ship jobs overseas, but I can't see it. I can understand why corporations would want to do this, and I can understand why Dubya wouldn't want to get involved if he chose not to, but I, for the life of me, cannot comprehend why Bush seems to want to be rid of these jobs. It makes very little sense to me. If someone who knows economic policy a little better than I do, or at least supports Bush, can enlighten me as to the logic of this, it would be appreciated; however, I don't think I will come to embrace encouraged outsourcing.
I understand if they offer tax breaks to keep jobs at home; if Dubya did that, he would likely get a lot of union vote and perhaps more jobs would be created...or at least fewer lost. I also understand if Dubya didn't give tax breaks either way, what with free market principles and all. Let the employer decide.
But to actively encourage employers to go overseas just sounds ludicrous to me. It's as if he's flipping the middle finger to the workers here. It's certainly not free market at all; there appear to be no monetary benefits to keeping jobs at home now that taxes are more favorable overseas, as are wages.
I work in a call center taking tech support jobs...you know, the type of job that has largely been outsorced to India by every corporation under the Sun except for Verizon, my employer. I hear countless of people telling me how happy they are that I speak fluent English and am easy to understand, as compared to most tech support people who speak with thick accents and may not know a lot of English. It leads me to believe that consumers prefer to deal with people they can easily understand.
Maybe there's a logical reason Bush is encouraging employers to ship jobs overseas, but I can't see it. I can understand why corporations would want to do this, and I can understand why Dubya wouldn't want to get involved if he chose not to, but I, for the life of me, cannot comprehend why Bush seems to want to be rid of these jobs. It makes very little sense to me. If someone who knows economic policy a little better than I do, or at least supports Bush, can enlighten me as to the logic of this, it would be appreciated; however, I don't think I will come to embrace encouraged outsourcing.