I disagree with Obama. I have seen many US either lose their job due to outsourcing or they couldn't get the job because they couldn't beat the salary of 20 year olds from India. Our nations unemployment rate is at it's highest and the H1B sponsorship in IT is at it's highest. Some might say that this is good competition but we are losing our identities. It is impossible for a 30-year-old IT professional with children to compete salary wise with a 23 year old single person from India. If you notice that most of the people who do landscaping now are immigrants. A immigrant can live with several others in a small apartment and save much more of their income and work from less, so much less, that a US citizen cannot compete, especially if the immigrant isn't paying taxes or contributing to the system. Insourcing or outsourcing, it doesn't matter what you call it, they are still jobs and work that unemployed Americans could be taking. It's no different than getting a 10 year old in a sweatshop in Indonesia to make our shoes, maybe we need a few more of those. President Obama, I gave you a chance and I had high hopes but your statements just confirm my suspicion that you are out of touch with the American people just like the rest of the CEO/politicians.
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I disagree with Obama. I have seen many US either lose their job due to outsourcing or they couldn't get the job because they couldn't beat the salary of 20 year olds from India. Our nations unemployment rate is at it's highest and the H1B sponsorship in IT is at it's highest. Some might say that this is good competition but we are losing our identities. It is impossible for a 30-year-old IT professional with children to compete salary wise with a 23 year old single person from India. If you notice that most of the people who do landscaping now are immigrants. A immigrant can live with several others in a small apartment and save much more of their income and work from less, so much less, that a US citizen cannot compete, especially if the immigrant isn't paying taxes or contributing to the system. Insourcing or outsourcing, it doesn't matter what you call it, they are still jobs and work that unemployed Americans could be taking. It's no different than getting a 10 year old in a sweatshop in Indonesia to make our shoes, maybe we need a few more of those. President Obama, I gave you a chance and I had high hopes but your statements just confirm my suspicion that you are out of touch with the American people just like the rest of the CEO/politicians.