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Retaining high paying tech jobs ain't jingoism
This has nothing to do with lazy, inefficient companies, although, with foreign competitition putting their feet to the fire, it does make them streamline their operations. This has to do with the fact that India has a middle class, whose number exeeds the entire population of the United States. They a major competitor and could roll over us with numbers alone, if we are not pro-active. Imagine, a nation with a middle class that exceeds 250,000,000, many of them english speaking.
The cost of livingn in India is so much lower (as are the standards, but we won't go there), that they can afford to pay Indian programmers and designers pennies, in comparison to US wage standards.
Losing shoe assembly jobs won't kill us, because they are minimum wage, but the assault on high paying tech jobs is a danger. the martian
Posted by: martianmayhem   Posted on: 11/28/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Paradox  FirstNLastN | 11/26/03
well it's good that  lmaxwell | 11/26/03
US IT Lunacy  martianmayhem | 11/27/03
Someone in Indiana ...  BitTwiddler | 11/26/03
but someone in Washington...  dg mh | 11/26/03
Someone in DC don't get it  martianmayhem | 11/28/03
good for Indiana  JosePinchero | 11/26/03
Let the people in India ...  madderhatter | 11/26/03
Other Offshoring bidders  cdseaman | 11/26/03
great site!  Joe_Bob | 11/26/03
Answer  cdseaman | 11/27/03
Dell's return to US call center operators  martianmayhem | 11/28/03
Yea, spending tax dollars to help lazy, ineficient companies!  DonnieBoy | 11/26/03
Retaining high paying tech jobs ain't jingoism  martianmayhem | 11/28/03
Yea, spending tax dollars to help lazy, ineficient companies!  DonnieBoy | 11/26/03
Did that bear repeating?  master of illusion | 11/26/03
Hates not an issue  OhMyGosh | 11/26/03
you misinterpreted his statement  mdonalson | 11/26/03
Your confused on trade  OhMyGosh | 11/27/03
Mixed, confused  FirstNLastN | 11/27/03
I love Indiana  OhMyGosh | 11/26/03
a local view in a global market?  NemesisNL | 11/27/03
Just looking for an excuse to attack Indiana and the US?  KARLTHECPA | 11/27/03
hold your horses!!  NemesisNL | 11/27/03
Outsourcing jobs, outsourcing our money...  Spoon Jabber | 11/28/03
EU and Australia  cdseaman | 11/27/03
Not so much in EU  FirstNLastN | 11/27/03
Apparently your 2-4 languages don't include english...  Spoon Jabber | 11/28/03
Apparently your 2-4 languages don't include english  NemesisNL | 11/30/03
Responding to Offshoring  martianmayhem | 11/28/03
Global market  FirstNLastN | 11/27/03
I'm dutch and no manager  NemesisNL | 11/27/03
It's not really protectionism  voska | 11/27/03
GROUPS  cdseaman | 11/27/03
The Truth  zohnco | 11/26/03
The Truth???  bgoss@... | 11/26/03
no  mdonalson | 11/26/03
You dont understand business  OhMyGosh | 11/27/03
Exactly!  FirstNLastN | 11/27/03
Cost savings  voska | 11/27/03
Taxes dont work that way  OhMyGosh | 11/27/03
you really have to look at the details closely  voska | 11/27/03
What an imagination you have voska!  Spoon Jabber | 11/28/03
I agree  cdseaman | 11/27/03
Just some points  voska | 11/27/03
Back home in tech Indianner  martianmayhem | 11/28/03
Procedures?  guy caballero | 11/28/03
Do The Math  rnurse@... | 11/28/03
You get what you pay for  gkelly | 11/30/03
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Thanks!  master of illusion | 11/29/03
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