Letters.

Crain's Detroit Business, July, 2007

Greed behind worker 'shortage' Editor: I read the July 16 Opinion titled, "Microsoft move tells much,'' and have to take exception. Microsoft, and much of the information-technology industry, continues to propagate the myth that there is a shortage of talent in the U.S. They continue to press for unregulated immigration policies in the U.S.

as the "answer.'' Their telling of a half-truth is still a lie. When position postings are listed at one-half, or less, of the U.S. salary range for a position, they will not get many U.S. citizens applying. I have worked on and managed multimillion-dollar IT projects awarded to Indian- and Chinese-owned companies where most, if not all, of the workers were brought over under immigrant worker policies. I have...

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