Keeping the jobs in the United States.

February 4, 2009 – 1:23 am – No Comment

I find that as our economy falls more and more into a recession, businesses are having to do more to stay alive. A lot of small businesses are circling the drain. The recession doesn’t help the fact that most small businesses fail anyway…

So, as these businesses try to stay alive in a poor economy, managers and owners are taking their jobs and moving them away from the “expensive” labor of the United States. It’s been happening for years, but I can see it getting worse, especially in the e-business area.

I have to admit, with little capital to work with, it is very tempting to hire someone in a foreign country that would cost a fraction of what an American programmer would cost.

The economic stimulus bill going through Congress now had a part in it about keeping jobs in the United States. Even today a revision was made to give people who bought new cars to receive a tax credit. Perhaps webmasters can receive a similar credit for hiring domestic workers to at least offset the costs associated…