Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Outsourcing

Outsourcing. When the Simpsons did an episode on outsourcing, I couldn't help but laugh. To some who are not directly affected by this, the episode might not have been that funny.
Paraphrase of Mr. Burns: "your job won't be loss. It will just be done by someone else in India." How true how true. It might be somewhat true that jobs are not loss. The problem is that new jobs are not created. It's unfortunate but its just a matter of business these days.

Real life can be funnier than made up crap on T.V. Some of the best episodes recently of the simpsons have been on real issues. Outsourcing, Gay Marriage, American Idol, Drug Smuggling.

When Homer told the workers in India of overtime, pensions, sick days, etc... it might not have seemed that funny to a regular viewer. But to me it was hilarious cause its true. These things that seem so normal to North Americans are not common practice in these outsourcing companies. Have all these luxuries that we take for granted made us lazy and complacent. This might be the case but with out these benefits we could be taken advantage of, like our counterparts in India.

With the negatives of outsourcing, there are also positives. The simpsons hinted to one of these. Moving nuclear plants and other industries that are bad for the environment can be good for North America. Decrease the smog and all the crap polution. I don't like polution anywhere but its a way of life and the farther away from me the better.

My opinion matters and yours doesn't.

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