Out sourcing was started with tax policy
Here is a shocker: People are usually just as intelligient as Americans all over the world. California and Washington state, I'm not an expert just know what I saw when it happened, raised the cost of doing business right along with the rate of new return that the PC and Internet revelotion allowed. During Y2k, there was a shortage of IT people to cover all work that needed to get done. To fill the gap/help fill the gap overseas help was brought in. Guess what? They proved they could do the work on something close to what Americans could. Now great talent and bad talent come from everywhere so some Americans stood out good and bad with the same for the overseas. I saw repeatedly where company project managers really did not know the good from the bad. So you have the clues less who at least figured out that they could save money by recommending to save workmens comp, consultant rates, FICA, FUTA, unemployment insurance, medical, retirment, state and local by outsourceing. Let me think, $60/hr or $6/hr, 120K/yr or 12K/yr...Hmmmmm, and I don't know if there is any difference, which in the long run there is not. Everyone stumbles at first but the good keep going. Which are you going to pick? And if you pick 120k, how do you compete?