The owning class already has already extracted as many resources as they easily can
Not all wealth comes from resources extracted. (Extracted from where?). It is possible to create wealth from intangibles and services because of the value that paying people put to these items.
It's a sad fact that ability is not distributed equally. Plus attitudes about work are inherited from parents and your local society, things you don't have control of.
America
Rather than finding work for people with computer skills, how about finding problems that need to be solved and seeing which require computer skills and hiring those people.
That has always been my problem with the H1-B program. We bring in a bunch of workers that are easily exploited and that hurts everyone.
If the tables were turned, then I may want to be "exploited" temporarily if that will lead to a Green Card later on, at which point I compete equally and (if my skills are useful) I will cost more. I will no longer be exploited then.
And "hurts everyone" is not accurate. Any program helps some and hurts others. The question is where you fall under this.
You may be shocked by your reading and your restatement of this person's opinion. But why don't you wait till this person agrees to your restatement before you say "wow".
I think that people on both sides of the H1B issue may believe that H1Bs are more cost effective (to the corporation) than hiring locals, within some error. The question is whether allowing this is good for the country as a whole.
As a taxpayer and someone in favor of H1Bs, can't I ask that my taxes be used in the most cost-effective way?
IBM Advanced Systems Group -- a bunch of mindless jerks, who'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes... -- with regrets to D. Adams
