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Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas

Posted by michael on from the for-minimum-wage-or-lower dept.

bobcows writes "Yahoo is reporting about leading technology companies urging Congress and the Bush administration Wednesday not to impose new trade restrictions aimed at keeping U.S. jobs from moving overseas, where labor costs are lower. 'There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore,' Carly Fiorina, chief executive for Hewlett-Packard Co., said Wednesday. 'The problem is not a lack of highly educated workers,' said Scott Kirwin, founder of the Information Technology Professionals Association of America. 'The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S. Costs are driving outsourcing, not the quality of American schools.'"

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  1. READ THE POST! by jamesmrankinjr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sheesh, this isn't even Read The Fine Article, but just Read The Fine Slashdot-Post!

    'The problem is not a lack of highly educated workers,' said Scott Kirwin, founder of the Information Technology Professionals Association of America. 'The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S. Costs are driving outsourcing, not the quality of American schools.'"

    This quote is NOT from Carly Fiorina, but Scott Kirwin. HP's CEO DID NOT SAY THAT AMERICAN IT PROFESSIONALS SHOULD WORK FOR MINIMUM WAGE. What she said is quite flameworthy in and of itself, but not even being able to read a short blurb like this demonstrates a serious reading disability. Get some help.

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  2. Enough Already! by TimTurnip · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If I see one more post about CEO outsourcing modded up as funny, I'm going to complain again. I swear, I'll do it. Tech-types hate management. We get it.

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  3. Re:Not Funny! by sparrow_hawk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sturgeon's Law -- 90% of anything is crap.