Re: Dissed-belief

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Cindy Howard
>
> I'm sorry to interrupt here, and I don't know if what you are saying about
> the grant is true or not, but the problem isn't that we don't have
> educated, trained IT professionals available in the US. There are plenty
> of educated, trained, AND experienced people available to fill the jobs.

I agree.  Like in so many industries being flooded with external labor, it's
not that there are no workers.  It's just that there are no workers willing
to work for the artificially depressed wages that employers can pay to
people from countries that don't have our standards, from safety to health
to cost of living.

The only good news is that Congress seems finally to recognize the fact that
illegal immigration is a threat to the country.  Hopefully we can convince
them that cheap visa labor is just as bad, if not worse, of a threat,
because it drains us of those high-end jobs that we need to be competitive
in the global economy.

But the only way to sway Congress these days is the old fashioned way:
threaten to vote them out of office.  Appealing to their sense of duty is
pretty much a lost cause.

Joe