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To: Elroy who wrote (316208)	12/18/2006 10:10:45 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578472

re: Are you sure the way to improve the American middle class is to raise Swift's salary expense, and not MSFT's? When we import 15 million illegal software engineers that work for $5 an hour... then I'll worry about MS. Here are some "poverty guidelines" for you: atdn.org Explain how a family of four lives on $20K per year in this country.

To: Elroy who wrote (316208)	12/18/2006 11:18:15 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578472

"MSFT in 2007 will do about $52 billion in sales and make $15.6 billion in net profits (~30% net margin)." Bad example. Microsoft has been offshoring it's development operations for years now. Four or five Indian engineers cost about the same as one American engineer. microsoft.com Plus, there's the number of H1-B's they sponsor to come and work HERE, from all over the world. I used to work with several H1-B's, from China, India and Russia. They were paid less than me, and worked liked slaves, because if my employer decided to let them go, they had two weeks to find another job or return to their home country. freerepublic.com