More than 3 million U.S. jobs will move offshore by 2015

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This article is from May 2004. I don't see how dated information like this is relevant unless there is a follow up study.

This is inevitable, yes, but I am also tired of people who pretend that it is good for any but the businesses who benefit.

With very rare exceptions, it won't be good for those who lose their jobs in the US, though it does offer a benefit to those who get those (now vastly-lower-paying) jobs. Mainly, the business benefits.

Capitalism's problem is that it is amoral, has no sympathy, and will destroy the lives of 3.4 million people for 10% more profits.

I love capitalism, but I do not love that.

Clearly the customers of those businesses benefit.

As a customer, I certainly did not benefit when Dell, a few years ago, moved their server support offshore, leading to that support team telling me repeatedly that I should "reboot Windows" when I was working on a firmware issue that would not even let me install Windows.

Well, Dell lost $200,000 a year worth of business for that, so....

The shareholders probably benefit more than the customers.

Even more alarming: almost all the oxygen in North America is heading towards Europe and Asia at an alarming rate. What will we breathe?

Jobs like water.

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