"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Have we shifted to relative purchasing power? I misunderstood our
discussion to
be centered upon the truth or fiction of the statement that wages in
Indian
call centers
are about $1 an hour US.

When I went to web sites of those involved in hiring the people involved in
the call center support they stated that the average telephone support
person earns $2 to $3 an hour, not $1 or less. Your links stating $1 were
articles talking about the problem of outsourcing, and accurate facts were
not important to the discussion.





The problem is in the
exchange rate, and an isolationist policy or implementing a restrictive
tariff on all goods and services imported into the US will not correct
this
problem or be of any benefit the US economy or it's work force.

I agree. It would be unrealistic to expect most corporations to avoid the
race
to the bottom, wage wise. Sometimes being competitive means seeking out
the
lowest common denominator and hanging on for dear life.

Those Indians will soon discover what most of the offshore boat building
countries have experienced in the last 15 or 20 years. As soon as the
wages
rise a little bit, the corporations will bail out of India
as if the place had a contagious disease.
If some county 1000 miles away will work for 50-cents and hour rather than
a
buck,
he whole kit and kaboodle will upsticks and move.