You're missing the point and kind of making an ass out of yourself while doing it. You can't just say "You might not agree with all my reasons" and make some strawman. Most of the criticism has been around how you flippantly dismiss the skill of programming while serve up UX design on a pedestal but yet you make it out as if we are dismissing usability design. It's like a delusion of persecution. Also, I fail to see how a "UX designer" is any less a cost center than a programmer. Maybe you're not sure what your words mean?

Also, I have managed those outsourced situations and you are naive: "plain and simple." I mean seriously, either respond to the criticisms like an adult or don't play at all.