Due to free trade agreements from countries abroad U.S companies are moving their manufacturing base here in the U.S to foreign countries because of cheap labor and low environmental regulations. This must come to a stop before it ruins our economy as a whole. U.S corporations are moving abroad and outsourcing manufactured goods which in turn it costing U.S workers their jobs. Every day more and more jobs are being lost and the gap between the rich and the poor is growing even further. Outsourcing is beneficial to the businessmen that are high in the line of business but it is negatively affecting the demand for workers. Since it is so cheap to make manufactured goods over seas CEOs or corporations are moving there industry abroad to make them more money but they don’t realize how much harm they are doing to workers in the United States. Now there are thousands of people out there with no job and families to support and for some working in factories is all they have ever done and all they know how to do, now what is one to do? People are left with nothing which is wrong. Even if some do get to keep their jobs the wages they are used to making are lowered because the demand for U.S manufactures is lower than ever. Not only is this bad for manufactures but also for the whole economy. Outsourcing takes the money out of our economy and puts it into foreign economies. Now people in the U.S are less likely to spend money because of lower wages or no job at all. With no money being spent it affects other business. For example companies like star bucks are going through difficult times now due to our slow economy. People are not spending money on small things like coffee because they simply can’t afford to like they used to. One reason for this is outsourcing takes more money out of our economy and consumers spend less. If this trend continues the U.S economy could slump. In order to get back on track Corporations need to stop outsourcing jobs and return the industry to the U.S. to save our economy!

            I believe this editorial will help my essay 3 with my main points and audience appeal. I list reasons why outsourcing is bad and why corporations should keep industry in the U.S.

ENG 112

Mrs. McGuire Rzicznek

February 24, 2008

Essay 3 topic

            After thinking all weekend about possible topics to write essay three on I have arrived at one that is very interesting to me. Globalization is a trend occurring all over the world. This phenomenon is affecting how people live, communicate, work, and socialize all over the world. It is mainly European and Asian countries changing their customs to that of western culture. I’m very interested in this topic because for me personally I will be entering the “real world” soon where I will be on my own and have my own career. Globalization directly impacts what tasks I will take on in society, what costs I will have for products, and the overall style which we live in. For example globalization is a tool that helps bump up economies of a particular region. With globalization come free trade, and the removal of tariffs. It helps countries specialize in what they do best and get the most from its scarce resources and trade for al the rest. Globalization does not only affect the economy but politics, and social values as well. This interests me because with globalization quickly spreading will this mean my job may be in jeopardy? If companies move plants over sees due to lower labor costs what will this do to me? Will I have a secure job in five years? It seems like we are just cutting more and more jobs everyday and outsourcing our manufacturing. The question I want to attempt to answer is why has globalization spread so quickly and how has that occurred. My audience will be American policy makers. I will try to persuade them it isn’t a good idea to continue cutting jobs out of our economy and shifting them over seas to countries with poor labor laws and low wage workers.