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trend has helped to fuel the high unemployment rates seen in the last
few years which leads to a decreased standard of living in the United
States. This situation is getting worse as we are seeing an increase in
the number of white-collar jobs being sent overseas. Jobs within
the service sectors were previously perceived as being safe from
international competition unlike the blue-collar jobs which have been
outsourced for years. However, all this is now changing as the
face nature of outsourcing is shifting to include these industries as
well. In 2003 the United States ran a trade deficit in advanced
technology products and services for the first time on record. In
1997 the United States had a trade surplus in these same goods of $60
billion (Source). The economic damage done to American workers in the form of fewer
well-paying jobs is supposedly offset by the financial advantages
coming back to consumers in the form of lower priced goods. But
with the loss of well paying jobs consumers are turning towards credit,
and the end result is a weakened economy (Source). Quotes Opposing Outsourcing: "Outsourcing is an evil that has to be stopped,"
"Outsourcing has lead to the drainage of jobs that belong to the
American middle class that should be stopped at any cost."