[Dan Evans]

any freepers with college bound children should read this carefully: steer your children out of this field and other related fields, they are history in the USA.

Naw, that wouldn't be a good thing. Maybe the reason this field is leaving the US is because Americans are leaving this field. It's just getting too expensive to hire help in the chip industry.

If we want to keep this country free. We need to have high tech workers.

[JohnSmithee]

"We need to have high tech workers."

Engineering has been in decline for years. Just check out the Want Ads from any large parper to get an idea of what skills are in demand.

[oceanview]

so your answer is that salaries for american engineers must fall to 1/10th their current level, because that is what the chinese earn. is that it? that's going to solve it? what american is going to send their kid for a 5 year college education to earn $15-20K per year?