America should look out for its own first,...before simply hiring the stranger across the pond.
It's quite simple, really. Corporations are looking for cheaper labor. I used to work for Navistar International (the IT subsidiary of International Truck and Engine): a multi-billion dollar company. All of IT got outsourced to IBM. In my department, the data center, there were 4 team leaders and 12 employees. We were replaced with about 3-4 Indians IN INDIA, EACH! Meaning, for each one of us that was laid off, they had 3-4 Indians doing half our job.....and they STILL managed to somehow be saving money doing so!
Why would you, as a corporation, continue to pay relatively expensive American salaries if you can get people to work for 1/4 the wage? From a business standpoint, I can see the allure. And since there is nothing stopping them from doing it, it will continue. What I don't see, though, is the ethics involved. But hey, that's Reaganomics for ya.
I hate to bring up politics, but the repubs seem to be trying to make sure this sort of practice is not hampered by laws.
"What can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof."-Hitch.
™ Version 4.2
