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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:07 AM Original message |
Anybody here believe the US needs foreign workers for IT jobs? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not me. Unfortunately many of our Dems in Congress believe it. nt |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. I always read that as they need cheaper workers |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Its only marginally about 'cheeper workers' |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. There are millions of us that cannot even get an interview. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. No. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. They're lying out of their asses! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. anyone here who still defends "free trade" capitalism, |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Don't forget the construction workers now |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Nurses are next. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The best I can figure from reading here the ones who are advocating cheap construction workers |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. I work as a DBA at one of the Fortune 100 Companies.. |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Yep, I saw it too, layoff Americans while quietly importing foreigners |
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alpizzy (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. There is at least one law firm... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Yes there is, and here's a link to it. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't - n/t |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Hell no! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. If you want instant global communication, you're going to get outsourcing |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. ding ding ding! |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. You did not get his point. You are "free" to eventually become a "resource" and slave labor, |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Uh, there's still this little matter of contributing to the economy. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Hell of a reality we've built up eh? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
41. I see you've updated your journal |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Allowing companies to race to the bottom is not only bad for working people... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. No. We don't need foreign workers. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. If you decimate the blue collar workforce with free trade, they can't afford expensive US IT workers |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Many unemployed American IT workers around here. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
18. No, it's bullshit |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. not only No but HELL No. (nt) |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'll join the no vote |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Thom Hartmann is talking about H1-b visas now on AAR |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. What has happened is that a whole generation (or maybe two) |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. IT Shortage - Not! |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. IT is all about hotspots |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, and I'm getting pretty fucking tired of interviewing --- |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. it is absolute garbage |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. No, and I speak as someone with a lot of experience in IT |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I used to talk to people like you all night in my job |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hell No. |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes! Americans aren't smart or educated enough.... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Uh, yeah........ |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm a software engineer and I'd work for $45,000. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sure. The same as we need nurses from the Philippines, |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
40. Just like credit cards, another stupid idea. |
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aldo (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hell no, that just liar culture talk! |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. NO n/t |
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