We get defensive Astroturf:

[pecunium]

In response to this post Underpaid "freelance" work, from six months ago I got (today) someone trying to slip in the last word (which tells me it was probably found in google somehow).

It was, of course, anonymous, and so remains screened. The gist of it was, "dude... we can hire Indians to work for pennies, why should we pay you a living wage?"

I am so not surprised.

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[libertango.livejournal.com]

"The gist of it was, "dude... we can hire Indians to work for pennies, why should we pay you a living wage?"
"

The quick and dirty answer: Price indicates demand. Indians work for pennies because no one wants their labor. Americans work for the rates they do because everyone wants theirs. Next?

So many fish; such a small barrel; such a big gun.

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Just checked the original article, and the examples there were presented by the advertisers as a form of creative writing.

Now, assume for the moment that standards of education are not a factor: can foreign workers do the job adequately? It's quite possible that you can find Indians who will write better English than some Americans, but what's the cost of finding them?

Even if the slipshod reputation of the US educational system can be accepted, it's not afflicted every American.