Is Outsourcing Evil?

It is starting to get slimy.

The Obama campaign is now running an advertisement here in Colorado which, quite frankly makes my stomach turn. (click here for link to ad).

His camp is doing everything they can to discredit Mitt Romney and vilify his successes.  They would love to paint the picture that Mitt Romney is somehow a "danger" to America.

Please.

After highlighting that Romney's firm has participated in outsourcing and that some of his investments are in foreign bank accounts (all of which Romney has disclosed and revealed that he pays his taxes on every single investment), the ad ends with the statement: "Mitt Romney is not the solution.  He is the problem."

This is completely offensive.  Mitt Romney is the problem?  The problem?

What exactly is the president suggesting? 

I realize that I am just one American, but from my perspective, here are a few of the real problems in America:

- Too many Americans are out of work---millions and millions of Americans.

- Our politicians spend our hard earned tax dollars on broken and completely inefficient programs.

- They invest in programs where their campaign donors and lobbyists will always benefit.

- They refuse to limit their spending to the confines of a budget.

- Leaders are more concerned about their reelection than they are to solving real problems. 

- Overspending has surged our debt to an unthinkable dependency on foreign money.

- America is completely dependent on foreign oil.

- Our health care system is still broken.

- America's education system is shameful.

The president would like us to believe that Mitt Romney is America's problem?  I am quite frankly shocked that our president has allowed his name to be affiliated with an effort that shamefully distorts the character of a hardworking, respectable, honest and an accomplished American.

Mitt Romney is not America's problem, but one thing is becoming increasingly clear, our president doesn't know how to find the right solutions to America's problems.

The president and his team are trying to to conjure up images that outsourcing and off-shore investments are an evil and corrupt practice that should disqualify someone from filling the oval office.  Problem with this philosophy? Obama is guilty of it.

Philip Klein, Senior Editor Writer for the Washington Examiner wrote an interesting piece today.  He wrote, "President Obama has accused Mitt Romney of raking in profits from investing in companies that ship American jobs overseas, but according to his most recent financial disclosure, he and Michelle have hundreds of thousands of dollars in a mutual fund that has large holdings in corporations that outsource jobs." (Click here to read full article).

Outsourcing can appear to be an unfair practice---especially when unemployment is over 8%---but it is vital to remember that outsourcing is part of the reason why goods and services are affordable to all Americans.

Maybe someone should say, Hey Mr. President, you know those Apple products and smart phones you love?  Oops.  They are a product of outsourcing.  You know those appliances that clean the White House dishes, the linens and clothes or the air conditioner that keeps the temperature bearable in the balmy DC heat?  Oops.  Probably all made in China---every one of them is the product of outsourcing. 

Image from edible apple.com

I wish the president and his team would stop this foolish blaming and distortion of issues that will not help our economy stabilize or put more Americans back to work.  These things DO NOT MATTER.

Bain Capital is a respectable company that identified ways to cut costs and save money for its business investments.  They have not done anything illegal or dishonorable.  Period.

Smearing Romney's career and making people question when he left Bain to run the Olympics does help Americans pay their bills or feel confident that another Obama term will allow them to find a job or pay their bills to stay in their homes.

As Jennifer Rubin brilliantly wrote in the Washington Post today, "Maybe voters care more about their jobs than when Romney left his."

I am sick of the double standard.  I am sick of these slimy distortions.  Americans are yearning for stability and longing for prosperity.  

Image from neontommy.com

It is time to rally behind the candidate with a track record of doing what he says he can vs. a candidate who promised the moon and didn't even deliver the stars.

Go Mitt.