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To: stockman_scott who wrote (16889)	5/11/2005 12:08:44 PM
From: tsigprofit	Respond to of 20773

Friedman is buying their BS. There are plenty - tens of thousands of highly qualified degreed engineers and computer scientists in the US now with experience of 5-30 years that are unemployed or underemployed - or have left their field because of a lack of US jobs. The party line here is that US public schools are in such bad shape, that companies in the US must turn to China, India, etc. Completely untrue. First, our universitives are unmatched in the US. These jobs require 4 year university degrees at a minimum. So, their argument is way off. But, it sounds good - it really does! lol >> In today's flat world, Barrett said, Intel can be a totally successful company without ever hiring another American. That is not its desire or intention, he said, but the fact is that it can now hire the best brain talent "wherever it resides." If you look at where Intel is making its new engineering investments today, he said, it is in China, India, Russia, Poland and, to a lesser extent, Malaysia and Israel. While cutting-edge talent is still being grown in the United States, he added, it's not enough for Intel's needs, and not enough is being done in U.S. public schools -- not just to leave no child behind, but to make sure the best students and teachers are nurtured and rewarded.