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65,000 still sounds like it is more than what is truly needed to meet our shortage of workers trained in the latest technology!!!!!!

The problem is fast change of technology and everybody has to be on the bleeding edge. What about training our own workers through on-the-job and community colleges. You won't know the new technology unless someone teaches you or allows you the opportunity to learn.

But so much for the short-sighted CEOs and upper management squeezing their pennies while burning their dollars. Just so that they meet their objectives; don't worry about what is best for the company overall --- maybe the best thing for the company is a new CEO who will act like a leader and actively manage the business. Oh, well, too much dreaming!!!

If we trained our own citizens and hired those that are trained rather than importing the lastest Indian special, maybe our industries would actually expand and grow from innovation. Long-term cost savings without any reinvestment in the company only produces a commodity product and in that case, unless you are the lowest price producer of an adequate product you will consistently be undercut. So much for cost savings!

Wonder why we have such a stagnant economy when it is suppose to be growing?????

"The problem is fast change of technology and everybody has to be on the bleeding edge."

Actually, technology change has really slowed down in the last few years. There is very little of "bleeding" edge technology out there. Perhaps XML and e-commerce could still be considered bleeding edge but not much else.