On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:12:39 -0800, jps wrote:



I haven't confirmed but rumor is that many of the layoffs at Microsoft
were blue badge (permanent hires) US citizens and few were H1-B's.

If so, I don't think it's a good formula for enticing congress to
relax H1-B quotas, as Microsoft has long argued.

Doesn't surprise me. As I've said, the corporate ethos is
America-neutral. That would be their term though, as globalists.
I just consider it anti-American worker, because that's the effect.

We need a more educated workforce. While manufacturing would be a
good thing, we need more engineers and programmers.

Well, you've mentioned "integrated solution."
Though we do need more engineers and software people, the factory end
is just as important. Most people just aren't cut out for high tech.
Much of the "retraining" talk by clueless pols is ignorant bull****.

--Vic