Mr. Biden, Your Ignorance Is Showing... Again

Vice President Joe Biden, an unintentional celebrity over his dumb, racially insensitive banter, has now proven he also knows nothing about business.

On the campaign trail, Obama's Loose Cannon was attacking his critics over their assertion that Biden doesn't know the difference between "outsourcing" and "offshoring".

"What difference does it make?" hollered Biden at his audience. "You don't have a job!"

BZZZZZZZZZZZT! Wrong, Mr. Biden.

It's obvious the V.P. needs better show-prep.

We know offshoring means domestic jobs leaving, Mr. Biden, but it's a fact that most of those jobs are low-tech and don't require much skill. Even call centers don't take an extraordinary amount of training, and yet the trend of sending those jobs to India came about because a lack of qualified people domestically.

AND, outsourcing doesn't mean sending jobs overseas, or even losing jobs, Mr. Vice President.

Outsourcing is a smart way for many small businesses to free up their limited resources on things that matter most, like growing your business.

A good friend of mine runs an outsource company, which performs accounting, payroll, and business operating services for small businesses. These small businesses don't need a full time accountant, and they don't need to spend a huge amount of their time with mundane but necessary accounting tasks.

Also, my friend's company employs five people.

No jobs are lost here, Mr. Biden. Outsourcing presents a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to create specialized services to help insure success of other businesses. A doctor or lawyer running a private practice doesn't need to spend evenings running a Quickbooks program.

Also, my friend's company offers consulting services to help small businesses use available technology to operate their businesses more efficiently and even plan growth. And as needs grow, my friend's business will grow and hire more specialists.

SMART PEOPLE outsource when it makes sense and holds down bottom line. Since Joe Biden has been part of the Government Machine since The Who recorded "Quadrophenia", I guess he can't be expected to know how to run anything efficiently or within a budget.

Yet, he bloviates about it, anyway.

I'm wondering at this point if Mr. Obama has considered the merits of outsourcing Biden's function to a more  professionally run service.

Nahhhhhh... Joe Biden has "experience", remember?