# GM-outsourcing & Davis vs. Reynolds **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-outsourcing-davis-vs-reynolds/17799 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-outsourcing-davis-vs-reynolds/17799 "2006-09-21T08:32:49Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil) #### Post date: [September 21, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-outsourcing-davis-vs-reynolds/17799/7 "2006-09-21T10:25:06Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Ideally, everyone stops supporting companies who outsource and only buy american, then there become more higher paying american jobs and everyone can afford to do so. The problem with this is that it takes full-scale cooperation from EVERYBODY, because if the poor people still shop at Wal-mart then it undermines the whole idea. There really is no good answer except to make sure you have alternative plans to a job in manufacturing after the next 10 years or so. Keep in mind that would put a huge dent in exports too which would put a huge hurt on the economy. If the US wants to have its own economy it won’t be able to compete on a global scale. In the past the US has been able to stay ahead of the curve with technology but now even thrid world countries have the latest technology. In other words, our costs per hour are higher but through technology we could always produce many more units per hour. Now other countries have similar technology but their cost per hour is still a small fraction of the US rates. In fact because many factories are much newer in these countries they are actually better technology wise because they were built specifically for new technology while we are trying to convert/update old factories. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-outsourcing-davis-vs-reynolds/17799)._