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I don't think so...
"The Indian Commerce minister is a fool to think you can link free-trade with immigration issues."

Actually, I just think the Indians have been watching and learning from what Mexico does. It works for the Mexicans, why not them?
May 16, 2007

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perhaps...
Your point is well taken, but one would have to observe a group for a _long_ time to draw any conclusions...

Your point about the "Americanization" of their children making it difficult to go back is a good one, though. A friend of mine has remarked about the difficulty she has instilling Indian culture in her children and how they often reject Indian customs.
May 16, 2007

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Too true...
Illegal alien 'cheap labor' is all about distributing the cost of employment from the employer and his customers to the rest of society--even those who don't use the products!

You may get that burger or gordita for $3 on the menu, but you'll never know the real cost...

George W Bush's ultimate comprehensive immigration reform: US citizenship to anyone in the world who'll agree to never work for more than $10/hour.
(And I'm even a registered Republican...)
May 16, 2007

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Amen brother!
David Ricardo (with inspiration from Thomas Malthus) postulated the "Iron Law of Wages" about 200 years ago.

It essentially stated that wages would always remain at subsistence level because if a time occurred where wages DID rise, then the workers would live the good life and make lots of babies, and the following labor glut would reduce wages to subsistence again.

Thanks to education and scientific progress, this cycle was clearly broken in the West.

Obviously, the 'elites' (in their own minds, at least), aim to see that the Iron Law is obeyed.

When it's about raising the prices on products to be sold, it's all "free market" and "supply and demand."

When employers don't want to pay the market clearing price in the wage market, it's Americans are "too spoiled" or "won't do that job" and then the silver crosses the palms of the politicians, who--like lawyers--profit with both the prosperity and misery of others.
May 16, 2007

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maybe, but...
...according to the Programmer's Guild, that is a below market rate:

"The H-1B "prevailing wage" is a sham that allows employers to pay H-1B workers 25% below market wages while claiming full compliance with the law."

Read the rest here: www.prweb.com/releases/2006/7/prweb407549.htm
May 16, 2007

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A good way to guarantee...
"The nation continues to witness a dramatic decline in the number of native-born computer science graduates," [Microsoft] said in a statement.

This bill is a good way to assure that trend continues or accelerates, and that will--of course--make the need for more foreigners even greater.

I think this is called the "spiral of death."
May 15, 2007

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let's outsource Congress
I think we should outsource Congress. We couldn't do much worse as far as I can tell.
May 15, 2007

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most of them eventually go back anyway
The Indians I work with (green card holders) generally expect to return to India one day in any case. And then they'll take their educations and _experience_ and start and staff those same Asian companies anyway.

As my friend Srinivas told me, "When I can't find work here, I'll go home. When I left India, there weren't too many jobs, but there are many more now."
May 15, 2007

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really...
I've seen H1B holders live 6 to a house that is sponsored by the body shop that brought them over.

How do you know what they make? Have you seen their pay stubs? Most companies I've worked for prohibit that kind of discussion, so unless you're their hiring manager I think you're just guessing.
May 15, 2007

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