Re: Baseline article: Is There Really an IT Labor Shortage?

["SJL" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is your point, Trevor?

It seems that we have always been on opposite sides of this issue, and this 
article supports what I have been saying for years...

The claims of technical worker shortages, along with the absurd claim by 
Bill Gates that for each H-1B worker hired that another 3 or 4 American 
workers get hired (janitors, maybe?) are simply ploys by industry to justify 
their desire to replace higher-paid older workers with younger cheaper ones.

(...and that claim made by Billy-Boy is based on "research" done by NFAP, a 
one-man 501-c foundation run by Stuart Anderson, who is a known shill for 
the ITAA and the high-tech lobby)

I'd have much more respect for these companies if they would simply be 
honest about what they are doing:
"Sorry, Mr. American worker, but you have worked here for 10 years and we 
are paying you too much.  If you are willing to work for a lower salary, 
we'll keep you employed, otherwise we're going to replace you with a cheaper 
worker on an H-1B visa."

You should also read some of the other papers written by Vivek Wadhwa...

- sjl