Before ya read this keep in mind I don't want to offend anyone and that there are many fine programmers that live outside the USA.
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I was reading some stuff about the debate last night and it got me thinking.....

"......"Mr. President," Schieffer asked, "what do you say to someone in
this country who has lost his job to someone overseas who's being paid a
fraction of what that job paid here in the United States?"

"I'd say, Bob, I've got policies to continue to grow our economy and create
the jobs of the 21st century," Bush said. "And here's some help for you to
go get an education. Here's some help for you to go to a community
college."...."

ummmmm... community college. ooook the U.S. information tech sector lost
403,300 jobs between March 2001 and this past April.

(http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/09/15/techjobslump.ap/
http://news.com.com/Study+400,000+IT+jobs+lost+since+2001/2100-1022_3-
5364627.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040914/tech_job_slump_3.html)

Rant ON
...ok so let me get this right...I'm supposed to tell my 400,000+ highly
skilled, well educated friends not to worry that some dude in India is
doing his job for $3 an hour and that he/she is gonna be ok...cause we're
gonna give them a break and send them to community college! Arrrrgh! I
say lets fry these corps with some taxes that make such actions
impractial! And besides there aint gonna be no $ for community
college...we need to build a few more bombs to blow up some more innocent
people first. Maybe we can outsource that too....or wait we already
do...it's called "civilian contracters"...(aka mercenary)! Man are we
gonna get to talk about health care here too? I keep reading this junk &
now I'm starting to twitch and my blood pressure is bouncing around the
moon somewhere...aaarrrrGGG! Hopefully I won't need a perscription for any
of it cause I'll end up getting busted trying to buy the same stuff from
Canada or Mexico for pennys on the dollar cause I won't have a choice cuase
my job's gonna be in India or Pakastan and its not like I gonna have health
insurance or somethin. Plus I'm probably gonna have to walk there to get it
cause gas is gonna be 5 bucks a gallon and I wont be able to pay for gas....and
even if I can my insurance for the car is gonna be a zillion dollars a week.

Rant OFF