Resolved: That on balance, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) has had a positive im

I will first challenge and refute PRO's arguments then propose some alternatives. 1) There is one major flaw in your first point. If we export "low-paying and low-skill jobs" to other nations so that the other nations are manufacturing products, then the people in the other nations that now have money, will NOT buy from America, because we are not producing as much any more. For example, if we shift all the car manufacturing jobs overseas and those countries begin doing well (which is good and all) and they decide that they now have the money to go buy a car of their own, they won't be buying from America because we outsourced those jobs. Basic rule, if we (as a nation) want to sell stuff to make money, we have to produce it ourselves. 2) The rise of these nations will only benefit the US IFF the US is producing goods to sell, as mentioned earlier. We, as a nation, cannot rely on luxury goods as a primary income source for the entire nation. Luxury goods are much more elastic and so sway in demand much more due to price theory and supply and demand. [1] Just because they are growing now, does not mean that they are good to build our entire economy around. 3) I have to agree with your third point. When other nations grow, they will have an increased global presence and so will take some of the strain off of the US and help our image. But I have to say, given the other negative effects that were mentioned in 1) and 2) greatly out weigh a positive image. For my arguments, we should not focus on sending our jobs to them. With 9.7% unemployment in the US [2] we need to find ways to keep as many jobs here as possible. There are two things that need to be done that will benefit the US's economy. 1) We need to manufacture items here, and quality items at that. This includes both luxury and necessity goods. Production is far better for people then unemployment checks (I hope we have no arguments there). This will allow the US to have actual products that we can sell to other nations (increasing Exports/revenues) and it will also allow us to produce more things ourselves so we don't need foreign items (decease Imports/expenses). The extra jobs means that the US government will have more tax revenue (both from payroll taxes and from corporation taxes) and so we can pay down the debt (or at least stop its growth). 2) We need to help other nations' economies so that they are able to buy our products (no point in making a bunch of products that other nations can't buy). This is not done by sending their government money or by sending money to their people so they can buy stuff. This is done by encouraging American businessmen to start NEW businesses (rather then move pre-existing businesses) in those countries and having them start businesses that are for that country, such as growing food, constructing houses and buildings, and the various trades. Instead of pushing for a nation that is heavily dependent upon exports, they have their own full economy that can sustain itself. Then they can move into importing our products and exporting their own. [1] . http://www.basiceconomics.info... [2] . http://www.bls.gov...