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President Obama in India - Former CMT


Posted: Nov 08, 2010

While President Obama is touring India, I sure hope he finds our jobs, loads them onto Air Force One, and brings them back to us...along with the wages that we once earned.  Instead though, we'll probably just get T-shirts (made in China) that say "I are a global MT."

Loved your post! Too funny, but also sad because too true. - nm

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He is over there - RLee

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giving them a huge amount of money that will create approximately 50,000 US jobs. But what about all the US jobs that were lost to India in the first place, which was well over 50,000. Jeez --

I think it was on Good Morning America this past weekend a segment about call centers. If employed in the US they make a little over $7 an hour or minimum wage and the India call center workers get paid $2.40 an hour. The segment should have targeted more than that one field. They also stated that if they use the push #1, 2, 3, etc method it only costs approximately 46 cents. It was a very interesting segment.

Obama - dmz

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He needs to worry about OUR country instead of anyone else's....Let's keep US jobs in the US where they belong.


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