יום שני, פברואר 09, 2009

An Open Letter to All Senators and Congressmen

Dear Senator/Congressman
I am loosing my job next month and I am training the three (3) Indians who would replace me. I wondered why they are so much cheaper then me and I've found something this morning while training them over the phone...
Dear Senator, there is no Social Security tax, neither on the employee, nor on the employer in that country because there is NO social security, PERIOD.
There is no healthcare, neither by the employer, nor by the state. None whatever, none, gurnischt, nada!
No wonder that in that environment, with no overhead, we the Americans cannot compete and you the Congress of the United States are responsible for that situation, because you did and do nothing! The only thing you do is raising the limits on H1-B visas that allow the employers to import CHEAP labor to replace Americans here on our own soil.
There are two things you could do, either you abolish Social Security and FICA taxes altogether, or you impose tariff on the Indian in excess of what they should have paid as FICA and healthcare. I challenge you to amend the stimulus bill so it would remediate for the unfair trade and labor practices from India and other such countries.