I don't have a lot of time to write this, I'm at work. But a Republican co-worker is rubbing this in my face, so I wanted to get it up so people can see it and talk about it. This is from an EE Times article us engineers get, on outsourcing and the support Obama seems to be showing for it.
The full article is here with the relevant sections below.
http://www.eetimes.com/...
InformationWeek reported on a new initiative by IBM, called Project Match, which is supposed to connect displaced U.S. workers with job openings in low-cost countries like India. But the catch here is, of course, that U.S. workers would be paid Indian salaries. How many U.S. workers can take those jobs and still hope to retire back in the U.S.? The answer is none.
So, where is President Obama, the politician who campaigned against outsourcing? The EE Times story that detailed the stealth layoffs and reactions of IBM workers, appeared on the same day that the President was chumming around with IBM's CEO Palmisano. Here's what President Obama said about why he invited to the White House Palmisano and nine other CEOs who are offshoring jobs:
"They make things, they hire people," the President said of the meeting participants. "They are on the front lines in seeing the enormous problems in the economy right now. Their ideas and their concerns have helped to shape our recovery package in order to get this economy back on track."
On the very same day he was meeting with "CEOs [who] outsource American jobs"--a phrase he repeatedly and derisively used during his campaign, he named McKinsey's & Co.'s Diana Farrell to his National Economic Council, the inner circle of economic advisors in the White House. Farrell has done more to promote outsourcing than nearly anyone else in America.
Farrell was the lead author of the infamous "Offshoring: Is it a Win-Win Game?" Now she'll be operating at the highest levels of the Obama administration. Her phony "study" did more damage than any other in the debate over offshoring. And her propaganda was used to mislead the American public about the true impact of offshoring.
Moreover, Farrell's firm made millions of dollars consulting with companies, advising them to accelerate their offshoring. And she publicly made the rounds to convince policymakers and the public that offshoring was good for them and the country. It's also no coincidence that the IBM and Nasscom, the Indian IT outsourcing industry association, were major McKinsey clients. They benefited from McKinsey's lobbying as well as its consulting services.
This week (Feb. 3), President Obama nominated Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) to be the next Commerce Secretary. Gregg is a staunch proponent of outsourcing and expanding the H-1B visa program, destroying even more job opportunities for American engineers.
http://www.eetimes.com/...
I'm physically nauseous right now. I feel like I've been set up and played for a fool. Why is Obama surrounding himself with the pro-outsourcing forces? We all know outsourcing is a lie, that it's destroying the middle class. A decade of outsourcing has left us with a middle class in shambles, saddled with debt and with stagnant wages too low to let us ever get out of that debt.
And now it looks like those policies are going to continue. Are Farrell and Gregg going to council Obama to do anything but increase support for outsourcing? Is anyone in the Obama administration going to stand up against this and stand up for the middle class? Will we have any support for engineering and manufacturing in this country to rebuild the economy? Or should I start packing my bags for India? We can't afford to lose a single job, but that's exactly what Obama's advisors will be telling him to do.
Sorry to sound like I need to be talked off a ledge, but I'm pissed. His campaign promisses to fight outsourcing were the number one reason I supported him. But this is how he fights outsourcing? If I had known Obama was going to surround himself with these traitors to the nation...
I just don't know if there's anyone I can trust anymore.