>>>>>>Mfg is moving offshore seeking lower mfg, distribution and labor costs, unions and state taxes are killing many industries. <<<<<
Manufacturing has already moved offshore for the most part and white colar work is next. The company I work for closed it's entire IT staff of computer engineers last November and offshored the work to India. We saved millions of dollars in salaries while devastating the lives of dozens of highly educated IT workers. This scenario is happening ALL OVER the United States I don't see this changing anytime soon. Within twenty five years, I predict only a fraction of those employed currently as "computer programmers" will be needed as this work is headed overseas. None of these IT workers that were let go from the company were unionized. A union might have protected their jobs but NOT having a union ment they were all employees at will and were just tossed out like dogs.