We should outsource government to India as well....

[kcwayne]

Reference article


The Indiana Department of Workforce Development has outsourced a contract worth $39.3 million to Tata, the India based systems consulting company. Under the terms of the contract, Tata will bring programmers from India under L-1 visas, which allow Tata to pay their people India based wages.

The state government really needs to economize and modernize on these types of systems, because the flood of unemployed IT and other workers in the state is putting unprecedented demand on the need to process unemployment claims. Since Indiana is strongly in favor of the Republican party, the state is bracing for further job cuts as the economy expands under the Bush policies, which it expects to continue with for at least 5 more years.


I think the state should further economize by eliminating all computer science and engineering programs from Purdue and Indiana University. It is pointless for Indiana or US residents to matriculate under these curriculum since there is no demand for engineers or computer programmers that would have the audacity to need wages sufficient to cover their non-subsidized rent, transportation, and food, which Tata supplies their workers in addition to the $1.50 per hour of pay they receive.

My guess is that US citizens with engineering or computer science degrees probably can't go to India to find work, so what is the point of spending $150,000 to be educated these fields? Save the taxpayer money and quit funding these obsolete programs now!!

Futhermore, the state should outsource all government services to Tata. Why should Indiana taxpayers pay 10-15 times the wages for government services that can be imported cheaply from India?

In fact why stop with state government? Americans workers are of no use to a competitive corporation. They want to be paid enough to buy food and housing, and they get pissy when their neighborhoods are laced with toxic fumes and spillage.

The government should kick all Americans out of the country, and replace them with cheap imports from third world countries. That will make it much easier for corporate boards to attend golf outings at the most popular venues, since they won't have to be jetting back and forth between Calcutta, Singapore, or Hanoi. That makes scheduling tee times very difficult, you know.

[Brucey]

1. Fantastic idea!

I would like to outsource my life about now, too.

[lcordero]

2. I prefer to outsource it to Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil

Sweden, or Scandanavia instead:D

[blondeatlast]

3. Why is that?

[latebloomer]

4. Outsource all top management, too!

CEOs first!

[Noordam]

5. This is what pisses me off

"Overall, says the leader of TechPoint, a nonprofit Indiana technology trade group, taxpayers should be pleased with the deal state officials cut.

"This is just a growing trend in globalization," said Cameron Carter, TechPoint's interim president and chief executive. "The lines on the map don't count for a lot when it comes to getting the best deal."

We only want to look at the bottom line.

[bleedingheart]

6. agreed

save taxes by eliminating people's jobs.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

7. We need H1B visas for Canadian politicians

better policies at half the cost!

[Zuni]

8. How about Red China?

I am sure George Bush would love to work in Red China.