Reply #46: My Brother in Law (an engineer) used to laugh at all the blue collar workers that...

[LostInAnomie]

... either lost their job to, or couldn't compete with illegal immigrants. He would say, "Sucks to be them. They should have went to school or found a better job. Whatever lowers prices is good for me."

Then whenever offshoring started becoming an issue he said, "Whatever lowers costs. They should have found a job that couldn't be outsourced like I did."

Last year, his company started laying off engineers. Apparently, his company found a firm in India that could do the work for much cheaper than the in-house staff. As of now he still has a job but he's shitting bricks every time there is a gap between projects.

It's amazing how certain people either don't give a shit or say "Fuck 'em, I got mine" until they are slapped in the face with it. The only time globalism is going to become a big issue is when enough people like my brother in law finally have to pay the piper.