Comments on: “Bangalore instead of Burbank”

By: jyotsana

jyotsana — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:38:08 +0000

It is a zero sum game, a job moved is a job lost – forever. Thanks to the Reagan crankonomics revolution, manufacturing jobs started moving out, but we did nothing then, “Hey we don’t need to make widgets, we make high tech stuff.” As the capacities moved out to CHina and we borrowed ever more to sustain our bubble economy we did nothing. Today even the military contractors have substantial purchasing from China!

Now as far as workforce is concerned, it is still the fundamentals that matter. Quality of education and skills, quality of life, cool factor etc. The Sunbelt cities that have all boomed have done so by attracting professional to liberal enclaves, like Boulder/Golden/Denver, Triangle/Charlotte, Atlanta, even Huntsville. Heck, the cool place in Texas is Austin, freekingly liberal college town Austin. Texas being an antidiluvian socio-economy – serf like labor laws, piss poor public edcation and healthcare, pre-enlightenment criminal justice system etc, makes the educated workforce queasy. That is why they would rather be in Chicago or Bay Area than a Dickensian Texas.

By: MWeber

MWeber — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:37:55 +0000

Max says from the grave: MEGALOL!

By: Varun Shekhar

Varun Shekhar — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:37:02 +0000

It would be nice to see an accurate report of about just how many jobs India does get directly from the US. Because reports suggest that the number is not enormous. Far more American jobs have gone to China, Mexico and other countries. Why the emphasis on India? Besides, the US also gets huge investments from other countries, to make up for whatever ‘lost’ jobs they suffer, including investment from India!

By: Lua

Lua — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:55:23 +0000

"Of course, when you're dealing with politics rather than economics"

Ever heard of political economy? These things go together. They've always gone together.

By: Prasad V

Prasad V — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:15:19 +0000

Any possible ad to just put away that incompetent Carly out of Senate steps. More power to Boxer.

By: atomicfunk07

atomicfunk07 — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:19:30 +0000

wow. i said frankly a lot in that last comment…

By: atomicfunk07

atomicfunk07 — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:18:39 +0000

you’re right – and frankly I’d like Boxer’s non-experience to continue on, rather than trading her in for a model that has already broken down (Fiorina didn’t do so well at HP, remember?). I’m a SIlicon Valley, CA, voter and I know who I want to stay in office. Frankly, when fiorina ‘sent all those jobs back to bangalore’, all the indians who used to work in palo alto/santa clara just moved back to india and got jobs there. we lost a lot of talent from the bay area.

By: John Jacobi

John Jacobi — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:07:11 +0000

As a native of Bangalore, I’m so proud of it making waves around the world.

By: MissPooja

MissPooja — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:56:38 +0000

Fiorina actually brought a lot of Banglore into Silicon valley…stringing of workers along with no benefits to do sweatshop-style skilled labor for HP…and then kicked them right back the savageland.

By: Nara

Nara — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:49:46 +0000

Hi. Why is it surprising that campaigns bring out economic populism? Starting with Reagan’s supply side economics, capital has been a major winner and labor has taken a pounding. It is only natural that labor is resorting to the only remaining avenue in a democracy, elections. I am surprised that trade or the imbalance of it has not become a bigger issue than it is. Ms.Fiorina’s side has used social issues effectively to quiet arguments.