>> The whole H1B argument is so obviously a lie -- there isn't a shortage >> of IT professionals in the U.S.; there is just a shortage in the >> U.S. of the ones who will work for what in the U.S. is chump change. >> So they import them and train them here so they can go back to their >> home countries and suck even more jobs out of the U.S.
>Which is the biggest cost to us. We're not going to stop them from >becoming the software writing companies of the world - we couldn't if we >tried. Anything that can be done overseas will be done wherever the cost >advantage is best. If USAmerican companies don't contract overseas, >overseas companies will be doing the competing. We could choose to >become isolationist - but isolationism has historically had benefits as >short sighted as what we're complaining our CEOs have. I will benefit, >but my grandchildren will be hurt. It seems like that competition argument is getting a bit worn around the edges. We're our own worst competition. If we were more aggressive in determining what pricing was acceptable to doing business in the U.S., then we would be participating in setting a standard of living for the world. Instead, we've opted to go the cheapest route, which basically ensures that the U.S. standard of living will be reduced to the lowest competitor levels. This ultimately has very little to do with real competition, and everything to do with government manipulations and exploitation. Corporations were a human invention... we can certainly determine how we expect them to behave. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
