>Tom,
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>I guess that governments and businesses dynamics fly at a different level than people's needs, as history teaches.
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>Regarding your opinion about H1B holders, from a personal standpoint I feel sad that you have to see in that way. Quite frankly I didn't expect such a comment; I appreciate your honesty though.
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>However, some people could find it vindicatory: you might think the same of big US IT/Software corporations getting millionaire software contracts in foreign countries leaving many thousands of their local developers without a job. Not to mention that in many cases they bribe local authorities in order to get those contracts. And I am not just saying it, there is plenty evidence about this.
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>We live in an interconnected world run by businesses competitiveness; everybody, corporations and general public, want to pay the lowest price at all levels whatsoever by means of low salaries, not training local employees, you name it.
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>In that scenario, is it reasonable to complain when the consequences of participating in that model hit us? I don’t think so.
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>Let me give you a few examples of what I am saying: I checked my own clothes and, although they were bought from popular stores in this country, I can’t find a single one that was ‘made in the USA’, I am sure that if I asked around, I would get similar results.
>Same with electronics, we all like those low prices when renewing our laptops/desktops, don’t we?
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>These are rough examples, but I can see job positions lost to lower paid workers abroad, so, isn’t consuming these articles another way of taking food from the mouths of US citizens?
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>I think I’ve read before about you mentioning your wife origin country, so among the many music styles you play how come I don't see vals peruano?
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>Juan

Juan;

In my opinion the name of the game is “survive”.

Yes, I do play vals Peruano. The first one I learned was "Alma, Corozon y Vida". That was before my wife and I had met. When we have a family event I play guitar. My wife was trained in baile y cante flamenco as well as Peruvian forms of music.

Some of the other Peruvian forms I play include huaynos, marineras, and tonderos. I also play traditional music from Mexico, and Argentina. In general, I love good music. This of course excludes forms such as rock and rap! :)

Tom