From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sat Mar 24 2001 - 20:28:33 MST
In a message dated 3/24/2001 7:10:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bradbury@aeiveos.com writes:
<< Mitch, knowing Larry to the degree that I do, I very much doubt he
would cooperate with Bill on anything (even something that is
to their mutual advantage). I would strongly urge you to
investigate the background sources on your comments. >>
The source was, as I remember, the news in June 2000, from AP News service,
talking-up the new exciting study that we will be needing droves of new IT
workers over the next 5 years. It claimed that there would be a tremendous
short-fall of workers. The article, as I recall, also noted that the study
recommeded that an increase in foreign workers be implemented to overcome
this death. I will attempt, tomorrow to come up with sources, date of
publication, and the like to buress my concern.
<<To make a case that MSFT or ORACLE are behind this, you have
to make a case that it is more to their advantage to move
offshore workers to the U.S. where the salaries would be higher.
Robert>>
Certainly, the promotion of an industries best interest is not illegal and is
not a RICO-class conspiracy, by my understanding. But it would serve the
short-term interest of companies to plump-up the Quarter and Annual reports,
to the pleasure, of the share holders. That is, until the American-born
schmucks, start experiencing a decline in their standard of living. That
effect, if it were to occur, is something that I am concerned about.
No, I have not proven this contention. It seems that what I know of the
salaries made by the folks brought in to work at my company, I have heard
that they are making much less then the American Citizen proggies. In a
court, this would just be hearsay. I believe there would have to be an
investigation (or economic analysis) to analyze whether this rumor has a
valid basis behind it. So is there currently a deep shortfall in IT workers?
I dunno. Is this report that I quote merely a means of shortchanging USA
workers? I dunno. I will try to find out.
Mitch
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