Senator Bernie Moreno’s HIRE Act drops a 25 percent excise tax on every dollar U.S. companies spend sending white-collar work offshore. This is not rhetoric—it’s a financial sledgehammer aimed squarely at corporate profiteers who have hollowed-out America’s middle class for decades.
The bill creates a Domestic Workforce Fund fed by outsourcing tax revenue. No deductions. No loopholes. Every cent fuels job-training grants and apprenticeship programs, putting Americans back to work in high-value tech and professional services.
Moreno’s language leaves zero doubt: “Globalist politicians and C-Suite executives have spent decades shipping good-paying jobs overseas in pursuit of slave wages and immense profits—those days are over.” He’s right. We’ll no longer subsidize corporations that abandon American talent.
India’s political class is panicking. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh warns of “a direct and deep impact on India’s IT services, BPO, consulting and global capability centres.” Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan labels this “a creeping extension of tariffs from goods to services.” They fear the same truth we embrace: outsourcing is a tariff on American labor.
India exports roughly $200 billion in IT services annually, with the U.S. as its top customer. Moreno’s bill strikes at the heart of that revenue—forcing companies to decide: hire American professionals at fair wages or cough up 25 percent in taxes.
Business leaders will pivot. They will reshore critical tasks and invest in American workforces. They will upskill domestic talent rather than chase bargain-basement rates abroad. That’s sound economics—and sound national policy.
Labor unions have already thrown their weight behind Moreno’s agenda. The Teamsters back his SAFE HIRE Act to jail executives who employ illegal aliens. Now they champion the HIRE Act to penalize offshoring. The message is clear: American jobs are off-limits to corporate gaming.
This legislation marks a turning point. It ends the era of unchecked outsourcing. It restores a level playing field for American workers. It forces companies to internalize the true cost of their decisions.
Senator Moreno’s HIRE Act is decisive, unambiguous, and unapologetically pro-American. It will shield our workforce from predatory offshoring and catalyze a renaissance of U.S. professional services. The era of corporate unaccountability ends now.
