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H-1b is the real tech jobs issueBoth Obama and McCain favor expansion of the H-1b program.
What that means in practice is that tech jobs in the US will be largely filled by foreigners because is is cheaper for companies to pay employees with green cards than with cash. -
H-1b is the real tech jobs issueBoth Obama and McCain favor expansion of the H-1b program.
What that means in practice is that tech jobs in the US will be largely filled by foreigners because is is cheaper for companies to pay employees with green cards than with cash. -
Gore and Paul Support Immigration Restriction
It should be noted that the two most popular candidates in this poll rare
Ron Paul with a B rating from Americans from Better Immigration(and A- recent record)
and Al Gore with an A- lifetime rating.
By Comparison, McCain is a D
Hilary Clinton (despite tough talk) earned a D-
Barack Obama also earned a D.
ABI is an interest group that advocates restriction of immigration-an F corresponds to loose immigration policy and a A to a restrictive policy. The average congression grade is a C-which is in effect support of one of the loosest immigration policies in the world.
My articles on immigration are here -
Gore and Paul Support Immigration Restriction
It should be noted that the two most popular candidates in this poll rare
Ron Paul with a B rating from Americans from Better Immigration(and A- recent record)
and Al Gore with an A- lifetime rating.
By Comparison, McCain is a D
Hilary Clinton (despite tough talk) earned a D-
Barack Obama also earned a D.
ABI is an interest group that advocates restriction of immigration-an F corresponds to loose immigration policy and a A to a restrictive policy. The average congression grade is a C-which is in effect support of one of the loosest immigration policies in the world.
My articles on immigration are here -
Gore and Paul Support Immigration Restriction
It should be noted that the two most popular candidates in this poll rare
Ron Paul with a B rating from Americans from Better Immigration(and A- recent record)
and Al Gore with an A- lifetime rating.
By Comparison, McCain is a D
Hilary Clinton (despite tough talk) earned a D-
Barack Obama also earned a D.
ABI is an interest group that advocates restriction of immigration-an F corresponds to loose immigration policy and a A to a restrictive policy. The average congression grade is a C-which is in effect support of one of the loosest immigration policies in the world.
My articles on immigration are here -
Gore and Paul Support Immigration Restriction
It should be noted that the two most popular candidates in this poll rare
Ron Paul with a B rating from Americans from Better Immigration(and A- recent record)
and Al Gore with an A- lifetime rating.
By Comparison, McCain is a D
Hilary Clinton (despite tough talk) earned a D-
Barack Obama also earned a D.
ABI is an interest group that advocates restriction of immigration-an F corresponds to loose immigration policy and a A to a restrictive policy. The average congression grade is a C-which is in effect support of one of the loosest immigration policies in the world.
My articles on immigration are here -
Gore and Paul Support Immigration Restriction
It should be noted that the two most popular candidates in this poll rare
Ron Paul with a B rating from Americans from Better Immigration(and A- recent record)
and Al Gore with an A- lifetime rating.
By Comparison, McCain is a D
Hilary Clinton (despite tough talk) earned a D-
Barack Obama also earned a D.
ABI is an interest group that advocates restriction of immigration-an F corresponds to loose immigration policy and a A to a restrictive policy. The average congression grade is a C-which is in effect support of one of the loosest immigration policies in the world.
My articles on immigration are here -
Outing Corporate Political Influence
Open Secrets publishes a lot of interesting info on how various corporation's employees and officers use money to influence the political process. You can go there and tell who they are donating too. What needs to be done is correlate that data with stuff like the ratings of groups like Better Immigration. There are a lot of congressional ratings-what we need to figure out is what are the kinds of voting behavior that really elicit funds from various corporate interests.
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Re:Hatch will likely stay
Chris Cannon has been an extreme supporter of Worker Replacement Programs like H-1b/L-1.
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Better ImmigrationBetter Immigration has ratings of congress critters on immigration and "Worker Replacement" programs like H-1b. It should be noted that even Tancredo's Immigration Reform Caucus mostly voted for the expansion of L-1 visas last year--there is no real, steadfast voice on tech issues as far as I can see. I intend to vote for Nader this fall--at least he stood up in a small way for tech folks. I will also vote against _any_ incumbent that voted for H-1b/L-1 expansion.
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The differenceOutsourcing and predatory immigration policies like H-1b have their roots in corporate welfare. Even pro-business, pro-immigration economists like Nobel prize winner Milton Friedman call the 1998-2000 expansion of H-1b a "subsidy". I well know the experience of having my congressman, Brian Baird, supported my having an extended period of unemployment on a basis of principle-he has been a strong supporter of H-1b--even though his district has some of the worse unemployment in the nation(hint: Microsoft-a company not in his district is his biggest financial supporter).
The original constitutional reason for copyrights and patents was to support "THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE AND USEFUL ARTS"--not to protect the creation of what the great Ralph Nader calls "violent corporate sponsored pornography".
I don't opposed government subsidies of "science and the useful arts"--if done on a basis that is fair and democratic --promoting technological development that creates the kind of advancements and culture much of the population wants. What Hollywood wants goes beyond free speech, or subsized technical advancements, Hollywood wants active government support of privately owned, corporate managed social control mechanisms. Given the fact that since protection of these mechanisms has intensified the last 40 years, we've seen a signficant drop in things like disposable income, and an increase in economic inequality, IMHO it is high time we use what political rights we have left and seriously look for alternatives here. -
What Americans DeserveA government that doesn't dispose of techies over the objection of 82% of the public, simply to get political donations. Americans deserve leaders that don't sell their office as did Bush, Gephardt, Kerry, Lieberman and Edwards. The polls predicted that what has happened would happen.
The claim that people that are rich get rich by doing remarkable things is bogus--some do, far more simply lie, cheat and steal effectively. Money is a poor measure of someone's contribution. Look at Kary Mullis-he built and entire industry and got $20K for a patent sold for over $100 Million(he got the Nobel Prize and Japan Medal-but that was inspite of Cetus management, not because of it). -
What Americans DeserveA government that doesn't dispose of techies over the objection of 82% of the public, simply to get political donations. Americans deserve leaders that don't sell their office as did Bush, Gephardt, Kerry, Lieberman and Edwards. The polls predicted that what has happened would happen.
The claim that people that are rich get rich by doing remarkable things is bogus--some do, far more simply lie, cheat and steal effectively. Money is a poor measure of someone's contribution. Look at Kary Mullis-he built and entire industry and got $20K for a patent sold for over $100 Million(he got the Nobel Prize and Japan Medal-but that was inspite of Cetus management, not because of it). -
What Americans DeserveA government that doesn't dispose of techies over the objection of 82% of the public, simply to get political donations. Americans deserve leaders that don't sell their office as did Bush, Gephardt, Kerry, Lieberman and Edwards. The polls predicted that what has happened would happen.
The claim that people that are rich get rich by doing remarkable things is bogus--some do, far more simply lie, cheat and steal effectively. Money is a poor measure of someone's contribution. Look at Kary Mullis-he built and entire industry and got $20K for a patent sold for over $100 Million(he got the Nobel Prize and Japan Medal-but that was inspite of Cetus management, not because of it). -
What Americans DeserveA government that doesn't dispose of techies over the objection of 82% of the public, simply to get political donations. Americans deserve leaders that don't sell their office as did Bush, Gephardt, Kerry, Lieberman and Edwards. The polls predicted that what has happened would happen.
The claim that people that are rich get rich by doing remarkable things is bogus--some do, far more simply lie, cheat and steal effectively. Money is a poor measure of someone's contribution. Look at Kary Mullis-he built and entire industry and got $20K for a patent sold for over $100 Million(he got the Nobel Prize and Japan Medal-but that was inspite of Cetus management, not because of it).