Outsourcing

I read a post on 21st Century American Minds on outsourcing. The article discusses how companies use free promotions in order to attract more business. It states that companies can utilize these promotions because of the cost savings of outsourcing. I disagree that outsourcing is completely necessary. With a high unemployment rate and an economy in shambles, you would think the large American companies would try to better their own economy first. Instead, they hire and overwork cheap labor in third world countries. Can these companies really risk their own consumers not having jobs in the long run? Why outsource when their own consumers can't afford the very products they are selling without a job? I believe the shift of outsourcing cost americans our economy and countless jobs to save a few cents on a dime for a product. It will not be cheaper in the end.