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Hannity has been talking about this for ages, my girlfriend recieved right wing spam the other day, well it wasn't spam, it was from her family....same diffenence ;o) Anyway, I wrote back a fairly good and long response to it and I'll paste it below. To debunk part of the article posted above, which I address in theory below Honda, Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and other car manufactureres that the article lists are exporting very little of the goods produced in the USA out of North America.
Here's the response I sent out.
Outsourcing in general means having someone else do a job that used to be done in house. There is more to this however. The problem of outsourcing that our country has faced that is really a direct slap in the face of all working Americans is when a corporation in order to boost profit margins moves jobs outside of the country that American consumers still peruse. An example of this is you buy a computer from Dell, an American company, and it breaks. Well you, as an American, call tech support and get an English speaker in India. Now, Dell sells computers in India as well as other countries, and if the consumers of India were to call an tech support center in India that would be one thing, because the people of India are serving the people of India. The problem lies when the people of a foreign country are serving people of a different country. See, the people of India can speak english, how many Americans can speak Punjab? So, that is outsourcing as it is known today, the moving of jobs that still serve America overseas. Now, quickly, go to your refridgerator and look on the label of that bottle of Heinz ketchup you have. What does it say? It is bottled in Pittsburgh if you live in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic. The people of Tennessee who are reading this may say another location, but it is still in the USA. How may Heinz ketcup bottles have you seen that says Hecho en Mexico? See the subsidiaries of the Heinz corporation that are located in foreign countries are serving foreign countries. Why? Well, first off we all know Heinz makes ketcup, but as I visited Germany this past May they sell a lot of other canned fruit and vegetable products in other countries. A Heinz factory located in the USA just can not realisitically make guava jelly or traditional German saurkraut due to regional differences in the perishable raw materials that go into their products. Some foreign aimed Heinz products may be made overseas and sold here, but also USA made and bottled Heinz ketchup is also sold in foreign countries. There is a strong American value of civic duty in this country. Why should this civic duty end with private citizens and not be expanded into the corporate realm? If you want your product to be a smash hit in a community you need to eventually give back to the community. People have to want your product on several different levels, and if they can personally relate to it it helps your product. A prime example of giving back to the community of your customers is the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant outside of Huntington, WV. The number of Toyota trucks and cars in southern West Virginia went through the roof after the opening. I was a Toyota salesman, and I can gladly attest to this fact. See, Toyota, a Japanese Company, opened a factory in America to serve it's American customers. Everyone won. Toyota got more sales, higher profit margin from lower cost of production, and the people of southern West Virginia got a big boost in the economy from the investment and the jobs. The Heinz corporation as a business move is not only offering more local aimed products in these foreign markets, but also giving these foreign markets jobs which helps further their economic growth. Another misconception in your email, just because John Kerry's wife's name used to be Heinz does not mean she, nor Senator Kerry, have any control over the operations of where the Heinz corporation does their business. Mr and Mrs. Kerry are merely stockholders in a corporation which is run by a board of directors which does not include Mr or Mrs. Kerry. Just because someone owns stock in a corporation does not give them a conflict of intrest as given by example of Vice President Cheney who has recieved compensation from Haliburton while holding office. President Bush on the other hand has complete control over the United States military as their commander-and-chief and he did outsource the jobof capturing Osama Bin Laden to a bunch of Afghan thugs and warlords to capture the man who killed over 3,000 people on 9/11/2001. President Bush tied the hands behind the back of America's finest and did not allow them to do the job that they were sent to do. President Bush's party having control over both houses of congress has revised the tax code four times in four years and has not raised a finger to stop the outsourcing of American jobs that still serve Americans or close tax loopholes. According to a New York Times article a week ago there is a very large tax hole in America by corporations. 28 of the most profitable corporations in America have not had to pay taxes in the past three years. I would like everyone to think how great it would be if you or I could make a few million dollars each year and not pay a penny in taxes
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