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This is definately a political land mine and the Republicans had better get their game plan together. This issue has the power to sway public opinion more than any other. This about middle America's pocket book now and the threat of losing a job to offshoring will make everyone question their job security.

"This is definately a political land mine and the Republicans had better get their game plan together."
Couldn't agree more - if they are working against me I will be against them. Bush has done a great job in Iraq, but not much else to make me feel secure against threats from Korea, China, Mexican invaders. He is encouraging inflation with high deficits to try to counter deflation - risky business. Even though the Democrat candidtes are weak, there could be a lot of Republican protest votes against Bush that could sway things the Dems way.

This is about middle America's pocket book now and the threat of losing a job to offshoring...when that sucking sound was made by blue collar types every body said we need to become competitive and that the end result would make America stronger. White collar types should stop whinning and appreciate how this process is making America competitive in the world economy.

This is definately a political land mine and the Republicans had better get their game plan together. This issue has the power to sway public opinion more than any other. This about middle America's pocket book now and the threat of losing a job to offshoring will make everyone question their job security.

I am a Republican who will not be voting for ANY Republican in 2004. My own Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois sent me a letter claiming that H-1Bs and L-1s are necessary because there is a "shortage" of workers in the U.S.

offshoring will make everyone question their job security

Shouldn't everyone? I'm self-employed. My job security is as good as knowing I'll be called back because my skills-set is still in demand. And if not in demand by one business, I'm quite sure it will be for another firm.

I'm sorry for programmers that rode the white-collar wave hoping for the new version of the fiction touted as "job security" that rolled under their unionized blue collar progenitors of 20-30 years ago.

Like the automobile rivetter making $20/hr was able to be relaced by a foreign national for $2/hr if not an automated machine, the $60K programmer loses out to the $6K programmer, because that's what the job is worth.

Most programmers went to college and have educations. With a little bit of enterprising and initiative I'm sure the best of them will figure a way to make a profitable life out of what they were trained to do. They may be surprised by what they ultimately do, even as I was, but if they work from themselves one thing is for certain: unless they are schizo, they won't have to worry about the boss walking up to them someday and firing them.