I dont want a war with India so I guess we will just have to suffer and keep
the politicians here. At least until we can find a way to put 'truth xxxxxx'
into them, (xxxxxx to be developed).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gates, Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: NYTimes.com Article: Op-Ed Contributor: Second
Thoughts
> OMG! Can we offshore politicians next?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leslie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: NYTimes.com Article: Op-Ed Contributor: Second
> Thoughts
>
>
> Gates, Scott ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> :
> : Now that we have the technology to evaluate medical tests overseas,
> : the only highly skilled professionals we HAVEN'T figured out how to
> : 'virtually import' using the internet are lawyers, another form of
> : blood sucking low life.
> :
>
> There are lawyers in the U.S on H-1B visas:
>
> http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/
> H-1B Hall of Shame
>
> Just use the LCA database search engine, and look for lawyers at Mc
Donald's
> headquarters:
>
> http://www.zazona.com/LCA-Data/
> Labor Condition Application (LCA) Database Search Engine
>
> Some legal back-office jobs are being offshored:
>
>
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16600553
> InformationWeek > Offshore Outsourcing >
> Legal Research And Back-Office Work To Go Offshore Next > December 9,
> 2003
>
> "India-based vendors are setting up business-process outsourcing arms
> to service the legal industry.
>
> By Paul McDougall
>
> Legal research and other back-office work carried out at law firms may
> be among the next set of white-collar jobs to move offshore in big
> numbers. According to a recent study by researchers at the University
> of California at Berkeley, legal assistants and paralegals working in
> India on behalf of U.S. law firms earn, on average, between $6 and $8
> per hour. That's about one-third of what their counterparts in the
> United States are paid..."
>
> --Jerry Leslie
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