Maybe We Should Outsource Some Business Writers

For starters, how about outsourcing David Kirkpatrick at Fortune Magazine for making statements like this about outsourcing: "Or is it just real stupidity? The fact is, we can't stop offshoring?and we shouldn't try. For all the handwringing, offshoring is inevitable, frequently makes business sense, and might even be beneficial. "

I say: "Wake up and smell the rose, man. Even though outsourcing produces a siginicant cost savings to US companies, we cannot afford to send 3.3 million jobs offshore and expect to preserve the standard of living we are accustomed to in American communities."

Yes, outsourcing is inevitable, but we must be very careful not to create even greater economic problems for ourselves by heaving huge chunks of American industries offshore without any plan on how we are going to replace these jobs in American communities. That is just plain stupid.

Are my economic developer friends speaking up and out on these issues? Please do.