Kevin
Horgan
Lee
English
103
November
7, 2012
Made in America?
I. Introduction
Hook: In a country where the number of jobs outsourced is nearly the same
number as the current unemployment rate, should Americans worry or does
outsourcing jobs benefit the country?
Background (optional):
Thesis: The practice of outsourcing labor is becoming a more and more prevalent
topic in todays news, leaving US citizens wondering what is in store for the
future of their country.
II.
All around costs
overseas are considerably cheaper whether it be labor costs, overhead costs, or
taxes.
Topic sentence: By outsourcing labor,
companies avoid overhead costs like utilities, buying and maintaining
production equipment, and indirect labor.
III. Overseas countries have less
burdensome regulations
Topic sentence:
According to the results of a survey of over 13,000 business executives
worldwide published in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2011/12, there
are 57 countries with less burdensome regulations than the United States.
IV. Job loss/unemployment in America as a result of outsourcing jobs.
Topic sentence: Between 2008 and 2010, 450,000 U.S. job losses were attributed
to imports from China, a figure plucked from an “economic model” at the
Economic Policy Institute.
V. Work conditions in overseas factories
Topic sentence: Eyewitnesses
and ex-workers noted the extremely bright lights throughout the factory,
24-hour work shifts, standing, and on a $22 a day salary nonetheless.
VI. Effects on the lives of overseas factory
workers
Topic sentence: The amount of families who are split up due to the location of
their job is astonishing. So many
parents have sacrificed seeing their kids to support their families.
VII. Conclusion
One can’t deny that
there aren’t any beneficial reasons for a company to outsource its labor, but
do the positives out weigh the negatives?
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