Indeed, what makes an Indian any less of a programmer than an American or a European?
They aren't less - but when American/European companies fire American/European workers to hire Indian 2nd world workers, to sell products to American/Europeans almost exclusively - I think a problem starts to develop.
Not too many Indians buying IBM products last I checked.
Shareholders and cheap product rhetoric aside - I think companies should no longer have tax/legal protections under US/EU laws when most of their workers and products originate in the third world. Those advantages should be reserved for Companies who give back to the societies that sustain them. IBM & Walmart seem like 'nice companies providing low cost goods' but what they really are becomming are vampires - subsidizing the 3rd world middle class via (and at the expense) of the American consumer.
When Americans can no longer afford to buy these 'cheap' products because all the jobs are in India and China, IBM will just sell in new markets - dumping us without remorse. I'm sure they will have record profits then as well.
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Indeed, what makes an Indian any less of a programmer than an American or a European? They aren't less - but when American/European companies fire American/European workers to hire Indian 2nd world workers, to sell products to American/Europeans almost exclusively - I think a problem starts to develop. Not too many Indians buying IBM products last I checked. Shareholders and cheap product rhetoric aside - I think companies should no longer have tax/legal protections under US/EU laws when most of their workers and products originate in the third world. Those advantages should be reserved for Companies who give back to the societies that sustain them. IBM & Walmart seem like 'nice companies providing low cost goods' but what they really are becomming are vampires - subsidizing the 3rd world middle class via (and at the expense) of the American consumer. When Americans can no longer afford to buy these 'cheap' products because all the jobs are in India and China, IBM will just sell in new markets - dumping us without remorse. I'm sure they will have record profits then as well.