Outsourcing and the California legislature

Outsourcing and the California legislature

Virginia Postrel reports on a study, commissioned by the California legislature, that finds outsourcing increases employment in California. Postrel reports that the legislature is sitting on the report: "Stifling Good News about Outsourcing"

Meanwhile, Postrel notes,

"...the legislature has passed the first of six anti-outsourcing bills. A bill to "prohibit the state from hiring outside service contractors, such as software companies and call centers, if they planned to use foreign workers for the jobs" is headed to the governor's desk. Only a girly-man would sign it."

If the legislature is bent on increasing taxes, or reducing the volume of services provided, they should also consider replacing the word processing equipment with manual typewriters.

Postrel is passing on things she learned from a Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub. Weintraub's column is here: "Lawmakers sit on study praising offshoring jobs".

PS: August 25: Daniel Drezner found the paper, dated yesterday, on the web. He links to it and quotes extracts, here: "Offshoring creates jobs in California".