too. Businesses want to maximize profits and the Information
Technology jobs or other white collar jobs that replace
outsourced manufacturing jobs are almost always sent
overseas. Some people trained for a new job only to see their
second job outsourced (Roberts 2003).
Business economists say that new jobs will come, but so far
we haven’t seen any new jobs. Approximately one out of three
displaced workers doesn’t find work. Others take major pay
reductions (Roberts 2010).
The jobs lost were not just jobs that no one wants. Many of
them were well-paying dream jobs, whether in manufacturing
or white-collar. Many of the outsourced white-collar jobs were
the esteemed positions of upward mobility. These jobs provided
taxable incomes to fund such things as schools and public
works (Roberts 2010).
The only jobs that are currently being created are in
domestic services that have to be completed in a specific
location. These are usually low-paid jobs that include
waitresses, retail workers, and a few onsite health care
workers. Some of these jobs are only part time. Many of these
jobs don’t pay enough to support an independent existence.