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Hmm.. Not too good at maths it seems..
Lets look at the numbers..
For every 1 direct job, 1.6 new indirect jobs getting created in the US
which means out of 280 K jobs, 107 K are direct and 173 K are indirect.. (Please note that the indirect jobs are incremental and wouldnt exist if the 107 K direct jobs werent there..If there wasnt a development facility of Genpact in Wilkes barry,PA supporting 230 direct jobs, the 400 indirect jobs of infrastructure,cleaning,food,transportation etc supporting that facility wouldnt exist either)
Now every 3 out of 4 jobs (on the base of 280 k) are held by locals, this would mean 210K jobs out of 280 k are held by locals,which means even out of that 107K jobs, at least 34K jobs are held by the locals... and do remember, that for every H1B visa, apart from the visa holding worker paying the same (or higher) rate of taxes as US citizen, the Indian company that gets that person there also pays an additional tax that contributes to the USA economy...
Uh no. These are not "new" jobs. All the article claims is that the Indian companies "support" these jobs and, as I said, these indirect jobs would exist regardless of who held the "direct" jobs.
Coming to the other part, yes 65-70% of the "direct" jobs are held by imported Indians, so the initial claim of 100,000 jobs is bogus. As you pointed out, the number is closer to 34,000 -- and that's taking NASSCOM's numbers at face value.
Finally, as for taxes, again it is irrelevant. These taxes would be paid by whomever had the jobs. If the jobs hadn't been outsources, the tax revenue would have remained the same.