45,062 engineering seats vacant (in Tamil Nadu, India)

[FarCenter]

At the end of general counselling for admission into engineering courses on Thursday, 1.04 lakh students were allotted seats in over 500 colleges and exactly 45,062 seats fell vacant.

Compared to last year when 1.12 lakh students joined engineering education in the academic stream, the drop of 8,000 this year could check the craze for starting about 50 new engineering colleges in the State every year. Compared to last year, the number of available seats went up from 1.20 lakh to 1.49 lakh this year that explains the increase in vacant seats. Only 1.40 had applied for TNEA 2011.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2348075.ece

So they admitted 104,000 engineering students in one state in India. More jobs will be going there.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. We need to stop corporations from transferring jobs abroad. But how? Any ideas? nt

[FarCenter]

2. Require all personal information of US citizens to stay in the US to ensure privacy and security

For a starter. European countries already have such laws.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. You mean require an identity card in order to stay here? nt

[FarCenter]

4. No, I mean personal data should not leave the US

So, for example, a bank record of name, address, phone number, account number, amount should not leave the US. This would require moving many call center and data processing functions back to the US.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Ah, ok. That is an excellent idea. nt

[Control-Z]

5. Taxes.

Steep taxes to any business operating outside the US. No tax breaks what-so-ever. No loopholes or creative accounting even available. Or, on a friendlier note, tax breaks to those businesses who remain in the US and employ US workers.