Well you're absolutely right about what you're saying. I just don't know what to do.
--- Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your premise is faulty. H1B's don't get > citizenship. They get used > until they're no longer needed, send a great deal of > their money "home", > and are booted out when no longer "needed". They > also aren't > necessarily "brilliant" compared to local folk. > There IS no shortage of > American talent. There IS a shortage of American > talent who can afford > to work for $20,000 or $30,000 a year in Silicon > Valley... > > >What is to say that government should do anything? > > Is it your contention that government does nothing > (or next to nothing > or nothing substantive)? > > The case now is that government (taken over by the > rich and corporate > interests) is greasing the way for moving your jobs, > your economy and > your "way of life" offshore. As far as the current > owners of this > government for sale are concerned, you're just > little cogs in their > money making wheel. > > But, government could help re-create and support a > strong middle class > the way it did from FDR's administration until > ray-gun got into office > and began selling the store (primarily to the > Japanese, Chinese, Saudis > and Brits). Government builds the roads you travel, > built what WAS one > of the finest systems of public education in the > world, supported a tax > structure that drew from the unearned gains of the > very rich to build > infrastructure and support for the majority of > people, that recognized > and supported the commons...for a while. Government > could encourage > alternative energy research instead of propping up > big oil, big pharma > and big (fat, gas guzzling) autos. In case you've > never read the > Constitution, Government should be US; We the > People... But it's been > hijacked by those who really don't care about We the > People; who don't > feel part of We the People...no, they're too special > for that... > > > I feel sorry for the kids and the teachers in > today's "schools". > They're not able to give or get an education in the > Jeffersonian sense > of the word. They're forced by those same as*holes > who are moving the > good jobs overseas into becoming training grounds > for McDonalds. I'm > not talking about "job training" but EDUCATION. My > generation was > probably the luckiest in history because we were > EDUCATED. We were > taught to value learning for learning's sake, to > think critically and to > be flexible learners. We weren't just drilled to > the latest (corporate) > test. > > All that's gone by the wayside thanks to the > (hopefully ending) > right-wing "revolution" from 1980 to the present. > Crap like "no child > left behind", "clean air", "clean water" and "social > security reform" as > euphomisms for kill the public school system, dirty > the air, piss in the > water and finish destroying the most successful > anti-poverty program in > the history of the country should soon meet with the > end it so > rightfully deserves. As should their disdain and > neglect of the promise > of free public education. > > Many of you have cried about the loss of American > jobs overseas. I have > too since one of mine went indirectly to India and > the other to Redmond, > WA. But if you can quit blaming "liberals" or the > "New Deal" or > :bleading hearts: or even "Indians" and look up at > the pricks who are > really picking your pockets, the corporate jerks > whose "globalist > perspective" doesn't give a sh*t about you or your > fellow citizens, > you'd be better off. > > If you really are interested in knowing what's > happening to your > economy, to the promise that WAS the United States > and what you can do > about it, check out Thom Hartmann's book "Screwed". > > http://www.mythical.net/screwed/ > > > > > Stephen the Cook wrote: > > >MB Software Solutions <> wrote: > > > > > >>Stephen the Cook wrote: > >> > >> > >>>There is quite a demand for .NET as well as java > programmers these > >>>days. > >>>Seems that in these parts there are more jobs > then workers. So what > >>>do you do? You bring in olive skinned people > from warm climates, or > >>>at least that is what I am seeing. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Perhaps they (gov't/businesses) should do a mass > re-training for > >>everyone to get up to the latest flavor/offering > from M$. Then do > >>the same thing in 2-3 years when it changes again. > <gd&r> > >> > >> > > > >Why would business waste the time when they want it > NOW? Instead they just > >get more H-1B programmers and it's all good. > > > >What is to say that government should do anything? > If you can steal the > >brilliant from afar and they now pay taxes and > apply for citizenship here > >it's all good. > > > > > >Stephen Russell > >DBA / .Net Developer > > > >Memphis TN 38115 > >901.246-0159 > > > >"A good way to judge people is by observing how > they treat those who > > can do them absolutely no good." ---Unknown > > > >http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. 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