Thomas Friedman Essay

Thomas Friedman attempts to promote positive sentiment for an issue that involves no emotion. Outsourcing is driven by skeptical economic motivation to increase revenues and lower taxes for profit seeking private businesses. There is no motive to "do good" or "improve the world". The only motivation is to increase profit and pay less taxes. If some handful of Indians "feel good" about the results, that is incidental and irrelevant. The proper standard for discussion on this subject is the social cost of economic policy. One determines that by considering what positive and negative effects the policy has on society, not by focusing selectively on the dignity of some small group.

Friedman’s organization is alike to other newspaper articles. First by the background, followed by the emotional side, and finished with a persuasive paragraph or two to make the audience feel the way you do. He begins with a comedic, simple quote before he explains why the quote is inserted into the passage to hook the reader in. He follows this up with an explanation of the added neutralization class and the purpose of this informative so the reader will be informed by the time they get to the emotional hook in the middle of the passage. In the middle he showcases interviews and stories of hardworking, earnest Indian people who have gained self confidence from these jobs Although having a job as opposed to not having a job on mid range probably makes most people "feel better" about themselves.. These conductions serve to turn the reader to his side and allow them to gain perspective and respect for the Indian people. It portrays them in a positive way so as to make people feel good about having the jobs outsourced to such “incredibly enthusiastic youn...

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...rican citizens. This helps cast aside opinions of outsourcing jobs as a waste and a disgrace to the United States.

According to Friedman, one of them said, that “they all have no hope, no jobs and no dignity”, he also said that they all nodded when one mentioned that they are just “suicide bombers in waiting.”. He argues that giving people in India jobs can also be treated as helping our national security. If you lower the amount of people that don’t have jobs, then the country will be a more safe area. He also mentions that these jobs that they are taking are mainly low-paying jobs in the U.S. and Canada; they also require them to have a more Canadian accent in order for them to work because most people that call in are either Canadian or American. Friedman also mentions that many of these Indian children take advantage of these opportunities that they are given