Are Americans that desperate that they would exploit the rest of the world in order to improve their own situation? The lack of ethics on the part of executives is appalling. I see some rationalization for the decisions they make. If US companies didn't take advantage of foreign labor then a foreign company would and even if no other business takes advantage of the opportunity, then those that are employed overseas would be worse off with less opportunities for employment and most likely lower income. The problem is that those companies that are exploiting this foreign labor force are terminating their American employees. Now how will the American consumer be able to purchase these products if their income level decreases by such an amount? Sure it helps level the playing field between the foreign labor forces and those at home, but in the meantime it is the executives that profit. Its as though we are reverting to a feudal society again but instead of lords we have executives. This trend cannot continue forever but right now it is actually worsening. Service jobs, technical jobs, manufacturing jobs are all being offshored. The only positions not hit are experts, analysts, research and development and of course the executives. It is only a matter of time before the people of the country being exploited decide to take on the roles currently exclusively American. Then all that will remain in the job market are jobs for doctors, lawyers, government officials and a sea of low end service positions. But even then, the higher level jobs aren't guaranteed. Foreign attorneys specializing in American law can review cases and perform litigation remotely. Doctors in India could have nurses in America perform exams and transmit the results for a prognosis which would result in a mail order prescription being sent to the patient or a second tier examination with a local doctor. I think that even the government is not completely immune to the outsourcing phenomenon. Imagine a country that bids upon a contract to house criminals, they would have tele-parole hearings, be represented by foreign lawyers well versed in US criminal law. An overseas firm could validate IRS forms, investigate suspected fraud via electronics discovery. Sensors on cars would determine traffic violations, jurors would tele-conference from all corners of the globe, lobbyists would bid on contracts to represent interests of companies, representatives would employ the services of foreign firms to write bills as would interest groups, military would become more and more privatized until the only director of military operations with a government post would be the commander and chief and his cabinet, judges would send legal documents overseas for interpretation, no job would be truly safe. These government resource management firms would encapsulate the tasks of the government into a turnkey operation and these firms would compete amongst themselves for contracts to major government bodies. These firms would eventually provide a self governing service which would initially secede from a nation, charter their own and engineer a local authority and economy that would be independent of anything except foreign labor (similar to that of Singapore). The world would divide into rural, third-world like, countries and city-states. Imagine one day I could be living in the nation of Chicago.