> From: Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] IBM and Redhat (and SuSE and Novell) > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 11:18, Richard Hoffbeck wrote: > > Get use to it. In a world with unrestricted capital flows, global wages > > get equalized. > Absolutely! As it should be. If a job can get done for less it helps > everybody. It Helps IBM be competitive. It helps the consumer pay less > for higher quality. It helps the people overseas raise their wage closer > to where it should be. It helps people like Sam to move on to a > occupation worthy of his wage. I'm with you, Tom, unless there are artificial restrictions keeping wages low or stopping the free trade. For instance, I can't go to India and get a sweet $30/hr programming gig (which would probably pay for a nice house with a staff) because I'm not allowed to work there. > Argue for unions, argue that IBM is immoral and evil for sending jobs > overseas all you like, I don't buy it. I'm all for unions, too, especially in underdeveloped economies where the safety and health of minimum wage earners might not be the highest priority. > You'll never convince me or the corporate world to spend more > to complete a job solely because it's the right thing to do. We don't have to. A lot of them do it already. It turns out it's usually good for business too. Chris _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list