>Importing cheap labour is better for the economy than >outsourcing to
>cheap labour in other countries
Far from it.
Importing thru
>immigration also means you pay for their health care, welfare, illegal
>relatives, their children they bore here, more cars on the freeway,
>rising rent prices, crime, etc.
Outsourcing means you just pay for the
>labour. PLUS -- it's a global market, so if Jose in mexico now costs
>$2.00/hr -- move it over to Lu Chen in china for $1.00/hr.
If american
>companies started importing indian programmers -- indian programmers
>would start incurring "american expenses" and would have to demand a
>higher salary. Easier to keep them programming in their little hut to
>keep costs down.
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