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Did the middle class create outsourcing by accident?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) August 22nd, 2010

I was having a discussion about outsourcing with family members as to what caused it. But hasn’t the middle and lower class de factoly caused it? People who work low end jobs who want to stretch every buck and shop discount and big box department store sending jobs overseas? I mean if they can’t afford or simply don’t want to spend more then $22 for a pair of jeans or get a 40in flat screen for $985.99 how can jobs not go over seas? At wages Americans are willing to work at if those items were made state side they would cost more than the bulk of America would want to pay. Either they would have to do with out or have really cheap crappy items. How could a state side company make quality goods with a workforce that more than likely be unionized and not work for a wage that would allow a company to make a quality 40in flat screen for $985.99 etc and still turn enough profit not to go belly up?

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