Gould,
The minimum wage in Jharkhandndia is Rs 64.72 /hr. and in Delia are 70
Rs.which is more in the $1.50 to $1.75 range. When people quote an average
rate of $1/hr. they are looking at the minimum wage for the undeveloped
areas of India. According to the web sites encouraging outsourcing the jobs
to India, they state one of the benefits of doing so is that the entry level
India techies earn in the $4000 to $7000 range.

If you want to believe that the salary of a trained IT employee is below the
minimum wage, that is ok with me. The key is if you don't want more jobs to
leave the US, the US companies have to do everything they can to be
competitive with companies from the other industrialized countries, who are
outsourcing their telemarketing jobs.

Today, we are looking at a world economy and no one will be able to close
Pandora's box, no matter how much you and I might object to it any more than
we are not going back to the time when products were individually crafted
instead of being mass produced and 85% of the population lived on family
farms




"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
So if you want your argument to carry weight it is best to use accurate
info, instead of repeating rumors and incorrect data.

"Accurate data" being anything that agrees with your assertion and "rumors
and
incorrect data" anything that does not?

Here's something so outdated it is certain to be incorrect. It's from July
2004:



http://www.smihq.org/public/publicat..._outsource.pdf


Check the second paragraph. "Wages for telephone operators in India are
often
less than $1 an hour."

The article also lists a number of legislative steps currently under
consideration to address the outsourcing issue.

Makes interesting reading.