Due to 2004 being an election year outsourcing of American jobs to other countries has become a problem of epic proportion. Fortunately, this view is misguided. Outsourcing actually brings benefits not just costs, both now and in the long run. It is important to understand the reasoning for outsourcing and its benefits as well as its faults. By explaining what outsourcing is and how it affects the U.S. workforce as a whole you can better understand that offshore outsourcing is more a part of industrial evolution than economic regression.
             Offshore outsourcing is a matter of evolution rather than revolution and to a large extent inevitable. The concept of outsourcing is by no means "new". Companies, foreign and domestic alike, have indulged in cheap labor for decades, whether its car manufacturing in Mexico or its Southeast Asia churning out eleven billion dollars worth of clothing goods per year to satisfy the US consumer. However, this tactic is no longer merely affecting blue-collar laborers. White-collar service professionals, whom once considered their jobs secure, are facing fierce competition from equally skilled yet cheaper paid opponents overseas. Is offshore outsourcing an unstoppable epidemic or a natural progression in today's complex work environment?
             The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding for the concept of outsourcing. With this understanding it is easier to draw conclusions on why offshore outsourcing can be a positive and natural economic occurrence.
             We can find out more about the affects and reasons of outsourcing to our economy by answering some basic questions; such as:
             How did outsourcing become so convenient?
             How does the loss of jobs compare to the founding of jobs?
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