[Socraticus]

Thoroughly fascinating! I, for one, would love to see the day when I call my (insert company here) and get to talk to a human, one that is predisposed to the english language, not the heavily laden dialect of a non-american speaker. While this might be considered rascist by some, I am not. I have several friends from other countries who have made the effort to learn english, and I do not fault them for their accent, just as I would not fault a Texan in Minnesota or a Bostonian in California. What I do fault is the laziness of some Americans to do any job that needs doing. One of the reasons we need to look at this is that Iraj (a friend) now owns 5 motels in Kansas. He did the jobs that are beneath most Americans; janitor, burger flipper, ditch-digger, etc. This was after he graduated from college with a masters in Business. The youth of today are saying, "Here I am, where is my job at the top of the ladder?" This is an actual crisis, in that we are starting to reap what we have sown. The arrogance that most americans show to non-americans is going to become humility when they own us. I am afraid that you are only too correct my friend.

[blueriver]

This is an actual crisis, in that we are starting to reap what we have sown.

The inference you are making is that somehow or other this is all the fault of the American worker. There is a bigger picture. It is true that "some" Americans expected to quickly realize the "American" dream of wealth and riches, however there are millions of Americans who "were" very content making a modest living, paying taxes, and owning there homes. The real issue at hand is based on a very simple reality. In a nutshell:
There is no way that American engineers (software, hardware ect.) can compete on a global scale with workers from China, Russian, India,Taiwan ect..
Engineers in these counties work for $200 a week. This is not even the minimum wage in America, engineers in these counties are being paid less than a teenager in Burger King in America. It is very clear that within a few years there will be no software, hardware jobs in America. Just today Motorola announce another 7,000 lay-offs, at the same time it announce it is expanding its silicon foundry alliance with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Also Microsoft just announced that it is going to invest $750 million in China. Is anyone talkink about this in the media? Wouldn't you say that this may be part of the problem behind our current economic downward spiral? I do not think Americans realize the impact this will ultimately have on our economy.