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Outsourcing has become a major issue this past year. The main reason is the onset of a presidential election in November. Those opposed to outsourcing say it is merely a trend. For example, "Joe Ironside, business agent for the Machinists Local 831 in Cedar Rapids, said anything they can get rid of or do at one-tenth the cost they'll do" (Foley, 2004). Proponents of outsourcing "point to findings by the McKinsey Global Institute, which said of the $1.45 to $1.47 of value created globally from every dollar a domestic company chooses to divert abroad, the U.S. economy captures $1.12 to $1.14, or 78 percent of the total value" (Bourge, 2004). Obviously there are many reasons why businesses are utilizing outsourcing, and there are many reasons why people are enraged about the increase of companies participating in outsourcing.
One of the main reasons companies are employing outsourcing is the......

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