[oceanview]

given the populations and birth rates of India and China, combined with their corrupt and totalitarian governments, there is a statistically infinite supply of cheap labor there, forever. So that idea is not going to work.

[The Old Hoosier]

Programmers, of all people, are the easiest to export and the most expendable. Programs can be shipped and transported at no cost, much more easily than any manufactured product. But programmers are also the most versatile--they can do and create almost anything to make themselves employable or to start their own businesses.

As for the alleged inexaustible supply of cheap labor, Chinese salaries have improved to the point where some companies are moving on to the next labor market in search of something still cheaper. India is a truly "developing" country as well, and their labor helps make your life affordable, and helps U.S. small businesses thrive and survive and expand.

Somehow, despite the outsourcing that has gone on for years and years, we're more prosperous than we've ever been. There is an explanation for this.

[Cronos]

India and China, combined with their corrupt and totalitarian governments,

Helllooo, you're lumping a democracy with a commie govt????