I agree with this article, but I also think a lot of the comments on this thread that disagree raise some good points. One point that I haven't seen raised is t

I agree with this article, but I also think a lot of the comments on this thread that disagree raise some good points. One point that I haven't seen raised is that if if it became a trend for companies to pay the same high rates, regardless of worker's location, it might help reverse the "brain drain" that a lot of small places in the world are experiencing these days. Ultimately, a company can choose to justify the rate they pay in any way they want, but personally, I tend to prefer working with companies that pay the same rates regardless of a candidate's location, race, gender or citizenship. Companies that pay based mostly on skill and experience seem (to me) to be correlated with companies that value treating employees fairly.