Ms. Williams
English 1C
July 20, 2015
Outsourcing Destroys Middle Class Picture this: your company is doing well but you realize that the cost of materials and employees, here in America, is costing your company too much money and the profit you are getting is minimal. You decide the best thing for your company is outsourcing. As a company owner your main concern lies in the interest of the company, not the effects it will have on America’s wealth. You want your company to succeed by increasing your profits; therefore, you want costs of materials and employees to be low. This plan will ultimately make you richer. “Outsourcing means just what it says going ‘out’ to find the ‘source’ of what you need.” Companies want business …show more content…
It is a cost effective way to start building foundations in other countries, give overseas jobs to people and pay them less. These companies are expanding by outsourcing, providing overseas people with employment, but what about America? People here in America need jobs. Due to outsourcing, there are fewer jobs every year and it is harder for people to find good paying employment. Here in America the rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking and the poor are scraping change to get by every day. Companies that are outsourcing are partially to blame for this. America is suffering and they make it worst by giving jobs to overseas people and buying material out state so the cost can be low. Companies can be doing all this in America and not hurting our fellow Americans, but it is done just to increase …show more content…
Companies should only outsource materials, if need be for lower prices, but not labor, to keep jobs in the states. For instance, if companies purchase materials in America the resources might be more expensive, but buying the materials overseas makes it more affordable. There are obviously pros and cons to every issue, but this is affecting the country’s wealth immensely. Things that could potentially help the middle class increase is if companies would stop outsourcing payroll and customer service jobs. This would greatly help the middle class in finding employment in such positions because the pay is that of the middle class. Americans would once again be making more money, stabilizing America’s