PERSPECTIVE
No Sweat
Massachusetts survived the loss 50 years ago of textile and shoemaking jobs to the South. Today, other countries are siphoning off jobs. So what?
I 'm on the telephone with customer support for my computer, and the voice on the other end is Indian -- I know only because he tells me -- and all I can think is, yet another job lost to cheap overseas labor. One little phone call and I'm part of the economic disintegration of America. (Full article: 679 words)
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