[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

There are over 54,000 jobs listed here alone. Most of them are IT related.

Nice link. I'm in IT and was replaced last week by 3 Indians from Satyan which shows up on that page as "a great place to work". As a matter of fact I trained them last month to replace me. Looking for any IT work now. Yeah I know I'm screwed. Maybe I'll be a fry king in a month. growl!

[StolarStorm]

You and ALL of your fellow should have gotton together and refused to train you replacements. IT folks will continue to get screwed until the work together. We are war right now with slave traders.

[PETAMember]

The IT labor oversupply is directly related to the H1-B program which currently has 800,000 foreign nationals working here for less than an American would take. For those of strict libertarian bent who feel that this is just reasonable competition, keep in mind that this program is limited to techies. It would be fair, I suppose, if we extended it to all trades and professions. That way, I could maybe hire a lawyer for $10.00/hr or get my truck fixed for $5.00/hr.

This H1-B program, by the way, though it is supported by congressmen on the take from both sides of the aisle, was primarily and greatly expanded during the Clinton reign. This helps explain why we used to see so many news stories about how the New Economy types just loved Clinton and Gore. Of course they did. The ones outside of Redmond also liked having the Clinton/Reno Justice department help compensate for their competitive deficiencies. So, their love for the Clintonians was more in the nature of a very shrewd investment. For just a few hundred thousand, the chance to replace your labor force with lower priced foreigners and also have Justice carry your water with Micrsoft.