From 1999 to 2008, employment at the foreign affiliates of US Corps increased 30%

[FreakinDJ]

From 1999 to 2008, employment at the foreign affiliates of US parent companies increased an astounding 30 percent to 10.1 million





During that exact same time period, U.S. employment at American multinational corporations declined 8 percent to 21.1 million.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/deindustrialization-factory-closing-2010-9#from-1999-to-2008-employment-at-the-foreign-affiliates-of-us-parent-companies-increased-an-astounding-30-percent-to-101-million-8#ixzz1ioZeq5dy

[TreasonousBastard]

1. What's your point? How much of their output was for foreign sales and...

do you also object to Volkswagen, BMW, Sony and Toyota making some of their products here and hiring US workers?

[FreakinDJ]

2. For your "Logic" to hold True

Manufacturing jobs would still exist in America as opposed to the 32% decrease American Manufacturing jobs have experienced from 2000 to 2009

[TreasonousBastard]

3. That wasn't "logic" that was...

a question. Which is still unanswered. BTW, The answer should include how many jobs would exist if we didn't export (the flip side of free trade.)

And here's another question-- how many manufacturing jobs were eliminated due simply to automation and increased efficiency in manufacturing and not to outsourcing?

There are more questions lurking about-- this is a complicated subject with no easy answers.

You might consider reading today's NY Times-- manufacturing jobs in the US are increasing for a number of reasons.