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Obama Against Outsourcing ??

During his campaign, Obama said he would offer incentives to companies that created jobs at home and halt tax breaks to those that ship work abroad.

what do you think ? Rolling Eyes

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A few clarifications and practical points that the short replies here don't cover:

A president can push policy and use executive authority to nudge behavior, but cannot by fiat stop global outsourcing. Tax law changes, broad incentives or penalties, and large-scale trade rules need Congress; procurement rules and enforcement priorities can be changed administratively but only affect government contracts and suppliers. Market forces — unit economics, access to talent, language/culture fit and IP/security concerns — still drive most corporate decisions.

For readers building or selling outsourced services: ’s note that customers “can’t stop” outsourcing is common. Mitigation steps that work in practice:

  • Move up the value chain (domain expertise, product engineering, not just low-cost coding).
  • Add local or nearshore options (echoing ’s observation about eastern Europe).
  • Make IP, security and compliance visible (certifications, NDAs, SOC/ISO).
  • Offer hybrid delivery (onshore project management, offshore delivery) to reduce client political risk.

For US firms and policymakers: ’s fear of disruption is real for companies built solely on low-margin outsourcing. Before reshoring, run a full total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) analysis that includes hidden costs (coordination, IP risk, turnover, time zones). Pilot repatriation or automation projects first; use procurement preferences strategically where legal.

A practical checklist for anyone affected: document client/vendor TCO, identify 2–3 higher-margin services to develop, create a nearshore/local presence plan, and track actual legislation or procurement changes rather than campaign rhetoric. ’s optimism and //@yollyP’s varied views show this is as much political theatre as it is business change — adapt commercially, because companies respond to economics faster than to campaign promises.

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Member Avatar for DimaYasny

well, he can try. that might make global companies take EVERYTHING out of the country though

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i have few customers in us .I asked them.They told me that they cant stop Outsourcing.

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I have worked with quite a few very large companies who simply refused to be talking to anyone from India for example. That's why there are major support and RnD centers located in eastern Europe and UK/I

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Obama Against Outsourcing ??

During his campaign, Obama said he would offer incentives to companies that created jobs at home and halt tax breaks to those that ship work abroad.

what do you think ? Rolling Eyes

I think it's great.

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it became a big threat to most of IT companies who are solely based on outsourcing

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It is not necessary that all election promises should be kept in letter and spirit. I hope outsourcing will not have bad future and perhaps IT is only industry that is to be least affected by world financial crises.

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Well , I wanted to say that Although i'm not from U.S.A but i think that Obama will solve all your Problems and achieve every citizen the American Dream.

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He is only after the welfare of the Americans and it's a good sign of a leader. But I know not all Americans can work the way third world country workers work..."die hard way".

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