Outsourcing and globalization

Outsourcing is basically the idea of buying "things" from other countries for cheap so that we don't have to pay as much for them. I found out that if the United States banned outsourcing, then we would have to rely on strictly American made products. The problem with that is we don't have every resource available to us and it would cause certain things increase in price which means more money out of our pockets. On the other hand, Outsourcing works to our advantage. Because of outsourcing, we are able to get a hold of certain products and goods for cheap and sell them in the United States to the American people for cheaper. Most of today's products such as vans shoes and Nike's are available to us because of outsourcing.
However, their is a big difference between outsourcing and globalization. Outsourcing was once just an easier way to make profit for larger companies and businesses. Over the years as outsourcing has evolved into the "mecca" of get rich quick schemes, it has caused a lot of unwanted controversy with the middle class America. The Unites States has begun to not just outsource products, but now jobs that could have been filled by American citizens. In doing so, our government has upsetted the American people by giving middle class job opportunities to foreign countries citizens taking away from US civilians.
Globalization is the changing of local or regional things into international ones. For example; a company that is globalized, is one that is found all over the world such as Starbucks, McDonalds, etc. The Bush Administration claims to be against outsourcing yet has been funding it for the past several years. More so than ever before. Barack Obama is completely against outsourcing and taking away jobs and opportunities to allow the middle class the chance to obtain better a better quality of life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing
http://www.smithforpresident.com/platform/globalization-outsourcing
http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=1114&chid=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization
http://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalization/