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Heres a thought.. lets ship all these overpaid, rich arrogant anti-american loosers to Banaglore and let them live there. Anything for a buck guys huh.. not bad enough to put the skilled american workers (Who of course made your company what it is) in the poorhouse, now we have to make the working poor even worse to give you a few more dollars.
I hope some day all these people get exactly what they deserve.. Start with Warren Buffet and work done.
Heres a thought.. lets ship all these overpaid, rich arrogant anti-american loosers to Banaglore and let them live there. Anything for a buck guys huh.. not bad enough to put the skilled american workers (Who of course made your company what it is) in the poorhouse, now we have to make the working poor even worse to give you a few more dollars.
I hope some day all these people get exactly what they deserve.. Start with Warren Buffet and work done.