Re: may as well be politically active during this lull

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Well, I think the point of TechsUnite action item was to mention the jobs
issue.

Also, I've heard various things about whether the education system actually is
better than U.S.'s education system.  (The professor at Stanford claims that
their education is more rote and doesn't encourage as much creativity.  OTOH,
the way kids are coming up these days, that may well be changing.)

In any case, it's certainly your prerogative not to act on this particular
issue.

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• To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
• Subject: Re: may as well be politically active during this lull
• From: http://www.aol.com/~RussReiss
• Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:08:52 EST

In a message dated 1/28/04 9:38:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert writes:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/60minutes

Hi Robert,

I watched this 60 minute piece called Out of India.  I thought it was very interesting.  It did not discuss the impact it was having on jobs, but I don't believe that was the intent of the piece.  I liked it because it showed what India was doing to attract companies to their workforce.  Not only were they cheap labor, but the schooling was amazing.  The labor is cheap (5,000 a year salary) because it's cheap to live in India.  To them it's a lot of money.  The schooling was amazing because they not only teach their students to be very technical, but also how to speak our language and all about our culture.  There was even a class on how culture and accents vary in different parts of our country.

I can see, especially after watching the segment, why any company trying to save money would jump at the chance to outsource to india.  I don't think 60 Minutes needed to mention how many jobs India is costing the US.   After watch the piece, it was pretty obvious we are screwed.  There is no way we can compete.  I took the piece as a warning because from what I can see, India is preparing to handle a lot more outsource in the future.

Russel
http://www.aol.com/~russreiss
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