Re: [SLUG] I.B.M. Explores Shift of White-Collar Jobs Overseas (lengthy)

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 10:12:39 EDT


>> Enough already of this crap! This is pouring money into the toilet!
>> We have over 8 million unemployed right now this will not end till
>> someone with a voice loud enough can say stop it!
>> Which will never happen people have to take a stand.
>
> You left out something important:
> from a related story on Yahoo!
> (http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030722/1606001376_3.html):
>
> "Conrad's group, Alliance@IBM, is holding meetings of IBM workers and
> contacting politicians in an effort to stem the tide. Some lawmakers
> have proposed bans on government contracts to firms that use offshore
> labor."

This is exactly what we don't need - if effected, our government, read
"YOUR TAXES," would pay much more than necessary for all its IT services.
If we're going this way, we might as well just guarantee all government
contracts to Microsoft right now and avoid the delay.

Levi



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