(Hillary) Clinton, in India, says 'outsourcing is a concern for many'

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Source: Computerworld

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finished up her trip to India on Monday with a promise to improve cooperation on high-tech trade between the two countries, but she offered no specifics about how that will be accomplished.

Instead, Clinton left with an agreement that the two countries will continue talking "with the objective of facilitating smoother trade in high technology between the two economies."

That statement appears to be an effort to lessen protectionist fears in India triggered by a number of events, including a comment in May, by President Barack Obama that the U.S. has developed a tax code "that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, N.Y."

Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135724/Clinton_in_India_says_outsourcing_is_a_concern_for_many_

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1. NO SHIT

[madrchsod]

2. hillary and bill`s india connections?

i`m sure everything will remain the same well into the future.

[monmouth]

3. Geez, that could've been done by e-mail....n/t

[Deja Q]

9. And save money and spare the world greenhouse gases? No way!

[Xithras]

4. To hell with Clinton. Support the Grassley-Durbin bill.

This one quote from the article says it all, in a candor you'll never see in an American paper: "But what has really drawn the concern of India's tech industry is the threat of action by Congress, namely legislation by Sens. Chuck Grassley, (R-Iowa), and Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), that would set a number of restrictions on overseas firms that need H-1B visas to deliver their services."

There you have it folks. Indian industry leaders are now openly admitting what American execs have denied and lied about for years. H1-B's have NOTHING to do with filling jobs that American's aren't available to do, and EVERYTHING to do with cutting the bottom line and reducing costs. H1-B's are part of the business plan.

[Vidar]

5. Duh?

[MindPilot]

6. DLC Hillary to American workers: "fuck you"

"Hira said that it is clear that both U.S. business interests and Indian business interests are represented in the talks, 'But is there anyone representing the interests of U.S. workers? The answer is no. Since they are absent, or a more accurate description would be 'excluded,' American IT workers' interests can easily be ignored by politicians in the State and Commerce Department(s)," said Hira."

Every H1B visa that is issued represents an individual within the US government knowingly putting a fellow citizen out of work in favor of a foreign national.

[IDFbunny]

10. CEOs recieve bonuses for outsourcing.

Cut payroll $5M, receive $10M bonus.

[MindPilot]

13. Yes, before i lost my job to a contractor

the CIO proudly announced that his goal was to make the entire IT department a "model for outsourcing".

[OhioChick]

7. Hillary also says:

The US Secretary of State says technical education in India as the "best in the world"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=465073&mesg_id=465073

[Deja Q]

8. Good link, worthy of re-visiting too.

[ihavenobias]

11. Sigh. n/t

[ChromeFoundry]

12. SIGH... (worthy of another) n/t