The Great Lobbyists' Propaganda Machine http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/ Cyberactivism on Trade, Economics and Labor Arbitrage Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Great Lobbyists' Propaganda Machine http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1371 Jr. Bob Dobbs Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:50:27 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1371 You are so right. There are almost no candidates even discussing this because they are all such slaves to corporate interests. I've seen entire floors of people in the office building of a giant IT company eliminated, but not before they had to train their replacements from India. I've worked at two large U.S. corporations where I created thousands of UNIX accounts for employees and nearly all of them were in India. I'm 100% sure that the amount of off shoring that is really done is grossly under reported. The requests for new employees would frequently come in as being for someone in Pittsburgh, India or Kolkata, Pennsylvania. I've seen gross security violations in relation to off shoring, too. Financial software server administrators in India working for a major U.S. IT company would use the same password for all the servers and never change it. The FBI had to audit one large U.S. company I worked for and they required that all the account administrators had to be U.S. citizens because this company was strongly related to U.S. national security interests and yet 3rd level UNIX administrators in India were given the highest level access to all the company's servers. You are so right. There are almost no candidates even discussing this because they are all such slaves to corporate interests. I’ve seen entire floors of people in the office building of a giant IT company eliminated, but not before they had to train their replacements from India.
I’ve worked at two large U.S. corporations where I created thousands of UNIX accounts for employees and nearly all of them were in India. I’m 100% sure that the amount of off shoring that is really done is grossly under reported. The requests for new employees would frequently come in as being for someone in Pittsburgh, India or Kolkata, Pennsylvania.
I’ve seen gross security violations in relation to off shoring, too. Financial software server administrators in India working for a major U.S. IT company would use the same password for all the servers and never change it.
The FBI had to audit one large U.S. company I worked for and they required that all the account administrators had to be U.S. citizens because this company was strongly related to U.S. national security interests and yet 3rd level UNIX administrators in India were given the highest level access to all the company’s servers.

]]> The Great Lobbyists' Propaganda Machine http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1211 Bob Oak Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:37:38 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1211 You are bringing to light something I sure would like to see more emphasis on. I think there is a larger profit in not thrashing one's workforce and wage arbitrage, especially in the innovation areas such as STEM. You are bringing to light something I sure would like to see more emphasis on. I think there is a larger profit in not thrashing one’s workforce and wage arbitrage, especially in the innovation areas such as STEM.

]]> The Great Lobbyists' Propaganda Machine http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1209 Anon Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:44:25 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1209 If American businesses lose their lead in technology then it is their own fault. They are the ones that outsourced so much work to countries that will eventually produce businesses that will be their competitors. In the process of outsourcing they have transferred their technology and knowledge to these new competitors. It is these multi-national companies that have imported so many foreign workers and outsourced so much work that have provided the DISincentives for Americans to choose these careers. It is these businesses that have LAID OFF and FIRED so many skilled and highly educated Americans that were forced to leave the workforce. Had these businesses INVESTED in these Americans instead of firing them to cut short-term costs then there would be a much larger pool of skilled Americans to choose from. So, if American businesses lose their lead in technology then it is their own fault and they shouldn't go whining to Congress for subsidies and bailouts. If American businesses lose their lead in technology then it is their own fault.

They are the ones that outsourced so much work to countries that will eventually produce businesses that will be their competitors. In the process of outsourcing they have transferred their technology and knowledge to these new competitors.

It is these multi-national companies that have imported so many foreign workers and outsourced so much work that have provided the DISincentives for Americans to choose these careers.

It is these businesses that have LAID OFF and FIRED so many skilled and highly educated Americans that were forced to leave the workforce.

Had these businesses INVESTED in these Americans instead of firing them to cut short-term costs then there would be a much larger pool of skilled Americans to choose from.

So, if American businesses lose their lead in technology then it is their own fault and they shouldn’t go whining to Congress for subsidies and bailouts.

]]> The Great Lobbyists' Propaganda Machine http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1134 Rob Sanchez Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:16:31 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-great-lobbyists-propaganda-machine/#comment-1134 Go here to read another op-ed about Craig Barrett's scaremongering called: <a href="http://www.capsweb.org/newsroom/opinion_releases/sanchez_blue_card.html" rel="nofollow">The Blue Card Scare</a> Go here to read another op-ed about Craig Barrett’s scaremongering called: The Blue Card Scare

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