Conclusion

Outsourcing has been a practice used by companies for nearly 30 years now, but time is certainly still needed to perfect it. There are definite benefits to outsourcing, such as an increase in profit and a decrease in cost to create a product. The country in which a company outsources also benefits economically, as their unemployment rate decreases. There are also downsides when it comes to outsourcing, such as a higher unemployment rate and less oversight over employees. Both of the controversies discussed relate to the government, which shows that people believe outsourcing is much more acceptable in the private sector and businesses than in the government. The government is accountable to taxpayers, and should not outsource jobs for that reason alone.
Ultimately, without further research and time, it is impossible to tell whether the benefits of outsourcing outweigh the problems associated with it. While profits are increased for companies, helping the local economy, jobs are simultaneously taken away domestically, which hurts the local economy. There are countless variables that need to be accounted for before a definite assumption of whether outsourcing is good or bad can be made.