Re: OT Bill Gates tells senators "we need more foreign programmers to remain competitive"

John Doe writes:

Microsoft's income comes mostly from Americans.

False. About 80% of Microsoft's income comes from outside the U.S.,
last time I checked.

Microsoft is located in the United States. Microsoft has all
the benefits of living here, with easy access to American goods
and services.

And the high cost of American labor.

Instead of just
living off its cash cow Windows and giving to its pet charities of
women and minorities, Microsoft should help empower our people.

Corporations have no obligation to serve the public good, and most
feel no compulsion to do so.

Outsourcing isn't good for our economy, it's a quick fix for big
companies.

Publicly-owned companies care only about making money, and only over
the short term. Outsourcing makes sense from that viewpoint.

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