Journal jmccay's Journal: Slashdot: News that Matters...NOT! 2
Slashdot claims to have the news for nerds, but they consistently ignore the most important news of all. The news on the fight to keep American jobs, especially High Technology jobs, in America,and keeping foriegn workers from getting American jobs in America when we have a high level of unemployment.
They can keep their heads buried in the sands if they want, but I will keep up the fight. If you are reading this journal entry and you haven't signed up for the news email from WashTech.org, then you should! They keep you informed of the fight to save our jobs. You don't have to join them, but you really should sign up for the email news.
For instance, if you had already signed up for the email and you live in the San Francisco area, then you could have particpated in the protest outside the conference promoting the offshoring of jobs to places like India!
I should point out that none of the candidates; Republican, Democrat, or otherwise; are really talking about really creating jobs. They may talk about creating jobs, but people cannot live off of the jobs they are creating. None of them are even talkingabout saving current jobs! We need to start with saving the current jobs, or the problem will escolate out of control as the jobs are lost faster than they are created! It's like trying to stop a dam fromleaking by building a new dam in front of the old one. You might prevent a flood, but you'll lose everything if the old dam breaks before you finish the new dam!
We need to get media to publish the names of companies who do offshore jobs to places like India because these companies like the extra cash they get by pay the new Indian employee tens of thousands less than the American Employee, but they don't want the public to know it was done because it is a huge public relations nightmare!
There is an argument going around comparing this to the exporting of the textile industry, but the two are completely different. When the textile industry was offshored, the money saved was passed along to the consumor. This meant that consumors could do something about this by buying American made products.
This is not the case anymore. The money saved is used to falsely inflate profits and increase the salaries, bonuses, and perks of the executive privilages! We need to make the public aware of this and get the fired up to prevent the job loss. It willnot stop with just call centers, technology, and accounting. Any job that doesn't require a person to physically do something on site can, and may be, exported overseas to falsely inflate profits and increasethe perks of executives!
Slashdot, American only? (Score:1)
Slashdot: News that matters
Well, first, the proper quote is "Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters". Notice it does not say "News for American nerds". Granted that Americans form the largest group of Slashdot readers based on nationality. However it might be a possibility that the editors of Slashdot are a bit more aware that the world does not begin and end with America.
As to addressing the issue of jobs going to India, and other less developed countries and how "people cannot live off of the j
Re:Slashdot, American only? (Score:2)
Actually, the world does begin and end in America. We are the worlds strongest, and the only super power left. The Soviet Union can't even pay the soldiers, and China barely has a military. They are a powerhouse in the Asian theater, but that is all because they don't have the means of transporting and supporting troops outside that area.
Most European countries are w