Tax dollars are being used to train foreign IT workers
The way you respond to this article depends on which side of the fence you are. While most Americans will be angry, others will feel what goes around comes around.
According to InformationWeek, the U.S. agency known as USAID (United States Agency for International Development) is partnering with outsourcing service companies in countries like Sri Lanka to teach more than 3,000 workers technology skills in tools like Enterprise Java.
To make it easier for those workers to work with American companies who have outsourced work, American taxpayers are also paying to train the workers in English.
Many folks have written earlier on how damaging outsourcing is to American jobs. We’ve had recent reports showing that people without jobs in America will likely remain without jobs for a long time. I guess the people in the USA are finally feelings the effects of 'globalization'.
But for most Americans, the idea that their own government is funding the training of low-wage foreign workers, who will then compete with American IT workers is simply unacceptable.
Well, the idea was not exactly popular in other parts of the world when the Americans & Chinese companies began rooting out local competitors. But then like they say:what goes around comes around.
