The Role Of Outsourcing In America

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When I look at America the first word that comes to my mind is chaotic. We always have to be the hero and the ones to rebuild. We always have to save the countries that are hungry and in poverty. We always have to stick our nose in other people’s business. We also want our country to be filled with healthy, hard-working Americans. We need to get our noses out of everyone else’s problems and start to deal with our own. One problem affecting many Americans is outsourcing. Outsourcing is a way to obtain goods or services from an outside or foreign supplier. Outsourcing and offshoring jobs to other countries has a negative impact on America. Their goal is to receive cheap labor for higher profits, which is good for them, but overall hurts our

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