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To: tejek who wrote (651659)	4/17/2012 4:55:29 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582531

Ted, > At a time when unemployment is high in the US, Boeing was bringing in outside engineers because they could save a few bucks and pay them less. Is that all you think about when you see foreign engineers coming here to America on temporary assignments? They're just "cheap" replacements that contribute to American unemployment? First of all, it is NOT cheap to bring foreign engineers here, even temporarily. You have to pay their whole way here, including international flights, hotels, meals, and transportation. You also have to deal with customs, immigration, and Homeland Security, especially since you mentioned these engineers were RUSSIAN. Boeing is also a major defense contractor, so that's going to put them under intense scrutiny whenever Russians comes over to do stuff. Secondly, foreign engineers usually bring a unique set of skills, expertise, and knowledge that just isn't available here no matter how hard you search. Companies benefit tremendously when they bring in a vast, diverse, global set of skills and resources to any project. This isn't like Foxconn where they crack the whip so that factory engineers can crank out iPhones faster. These foreign engineers are often highly qualified, intelligent, and very valuable. And third, your statement is typical of the liberal entitlement mentality. If all you care about is domestic employment rates, how about you help out by educating the next generation of engineers so that they can better compete in a global market? Otherwise, corporations are going to turn to foreign workers not only to do their Foxconn assembly stuff, but also to develop the next iPad, the next Facebook, the next jumbo jet, even the next alternative energy vehicle. Tenchusatsu