The new jersey bill | Cleared by the senate; pending in the upper house Proposes to force the state to give outsourcing deals to local vendors | The economic rationale US banking and financial sector has saved $8 billion in the last 4 years due to outsourcing |
Pipkin Bill | Introduced in Maryland senate To establish a task force to study methods to increase efficiencies in outsourcing contracts | The social argument Despite US banks doling out contracts overseas, they have hired more people in the last 4 years |
The Connecticut bill | Introduced in the senate To ensure jobs going overseas dont land in sweatshops where workers are treated badly | The global logic Experts see outsourcing as an irreversible process, one which could lead to short-term pains |