[Redbob]

"So why, again, is it perfectly OK for someone to lose their job to automation, and a horrible crime for someone to lose their job to an Indian guy?"

Now there's a great question!

Fact is, though, a job lost to automation is still being done in this country, and it would at least be an American who programs the automation, who maintains the equipment, who transports the finished product, etc.
Not so for a job overseas.

But all you folks lamenting the loss of jobs: Do you look at the labels in your clothes and in your shoes, and only buy those made in THIS country?
Do you drive only American cars?
If not, you can point the finger at yourselves.

[Clemenza]

Most "American" cars are built with foreign components. Many "foreign" cars are actually made here in the US of A (my sister lives near a BMW factory in South Carolina) with US components. Its not our fault that management in Detroit puts out such crap.

Industrial employment is dropping WORLDWIDE (in Brazil, Mexico and most of Asia) due to higher worker productivity and automation. This is a fact of life that aint gonna change for you LUDDITES!