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To: John Koligman who wrote (9948)	10/1/2009 1:01:30 AM
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How would you like it as a programmer if the market says - you are fired because I can get a guy in India for 15k to do your 100k work... Or as IBM has said, you can have your job if you move to India at a lower salary? It isn't 100K work if someone can do the same job for 15K. Sorry, but the Internet makes it very easy to get overseas help. I get calls almost daily from Indian firms wanting me to farm out programming to them. And I have to tell you, I've purchased C++ components from Russian developers for $25 that would have cost me 10x that amount from American programmers. Should I have bought the American version, at an increased expense? Hell, no. I see where this is headed. This is about trade protectionism. You need to tread carefully here. Periods of increased protectionism have CONSISTENTLY resulted in lowered productivity in the U.S. (google "The Great Depression"). And reduced protectionism has CONSISTENTLY resulted in increased productivity in the U.S. Protectionism is not a good thing for us, because when we import cheaper goods those goods enhance our own productivity. If the 15K jobs can be farmed out to India, fine. Can't we learn a new, 100K job? I think so. Medicine isn't easily farmed out. Or legal work. But software development is. So, what, you're going to punish physicians for your own misfortune? I guess I'm starting to see where you're coming from now.