Subj : Re: Industry Calls for More Foreign Programmers
To   : comp.programming
From : Flavius Vespasianus
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 09:38 pm

Brock Candid <thrasher@reece.net.au> wrote in
news:TO47WYU638578.3674652778@reece.net.au: 

> 
> Of course, there's a hidden agenda.  I'm just confused on just what it
> is.  They say there are no US programmers, which I don't believe is
> true.  They say they want, we need, innovation, but they seek to off
> shore, and H1B the programming market to death with cookie cutter
> programmers.  I make no sense of it.  The only thing I can think is
> that they want yes men technologists, and are afraid of US born
> techies controlling the industry, as I don't think the money
> difference between US born, and off shore/h1b is all *that* different.

Also notice:

Employers Importing foreign workers ==> Free Trade
Consumers importing legally copied material from foreign countries ==> No 
Free trade
Consumers importing drugs made in the U.S. from foreign countries ==> No 
Free Trade

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