Rapaire

I have a friend who works as an editor of state code for LexisNexis in Charlosttesville Virginia. Last year they were trying to convince a number of staff to take positions to India. The company claimed so they would continue in their normal work and train editors and word processors in India. At least they were honest about the change in pay. Not enough to live on in the US but a great income by India's standards.

If she agreed, my friend would have to sell her house in order to pay for accommodation in India and leave her husband who works in Charlottesville.

So now think about any jobs in the US that can be outsourced to countries where pay and conditions are below current US market. Call centers for insurance, banks, telecom, etc. and many products you purchase.

It might get to state agencies using foreign call centers to manage in coming enqiries and using private companies to supply and pay staff. In the UK, the private companies are eyeing libraries greedily and councils are encouraging them. Someone thinks there is a profit to be made in information that is supposed to be (statutorially) free to the public.