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You and I are also competing with the scads of Indians brought to these shores by MS with the intention of destroying the earning power of native-born engineers.

Absolutely! Both as 'guest workers' who either work on-shore or facilitate off-shoring, and as illegals (in the form of visa overstays).

Per Greenspan "Our skilled wages are higher than anywhere in the world," he said. "If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the skilled-wage level and end the concentration of income.".

Shh...it's really about cheap labor, but don't tell anyone.

Just part of the ongoing war on the US middle class - in this instance on techies.

In case you missed it, our tax dollars are now being used to DIRECTLY train IT workers in South Asia, so that they can undercut American labor costs and put more of us middle-classers out of work (and on the dole where the ruling class wants us):

U.S. To Train 3,000 Offshore IT Workers

Despite President Obama's pledge to retain more hi-tech jobs in the U.S., a federal agency run by a hand-picked Obama appointee has launched a $36 million program to train workers, including 3,000 specialists in IT and related functions, in South Asia.

Following their training, the tech workers will be placed with outsourcing vendors in the region that provide offshore IT and business services to American companies looking to take advantage of the Asian subcontinent's low labor costs.

Under director Rajiv Shah, the United States Agency for International Development will partner with private outsourcers in Sri Lanka to teach workers there advanced IT skills like Enterprise Java (Java EE) programming, as well as skills in business process outsourcing and call center support. USAID will also help the trainees brush up on their English language proficiency.

USAID is contributing about $10 million to the effort, while its private partners are investing roughly $26 million.