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Big Tech companies are only nominally “American”. They all have more revenue outside of America than in America. We want other countries to buy our stuff to so our pensions/401Ks can keep rising. So we shouldn’t be upset if they also hire overseas.

Yes so realize that most people don’t get pensions. But if there is a public pension shortfall, taxpayers are on the hook.

Only a couple companies listed by OP are Big Tech though. There are many American companies that do not operate outside the country, but do outsource work.

So you think there should be protectionism? Because the profits from outsourcing are either going to executives or shareholders. Unless you fix that problem, you are not going to get American jobs back. I actually agree that outsourced jobs should be going to rural America rather than to India but CEOs don't have any incentive to do so.

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