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AFL-CIO Proposed Reforms for the H1B Program
Alien54 writes "[I first saw this link over on RFN]. The AFL-CIO has announced a series of proposed reforms for the H1B Program. The proposal is very thorough, and covers eight different problem areas of the H1B laws."
...and don't forget that most of these "highly skilled" foreigners not only consider getting into the US to be a benefit, and hence will consider that as part of their compensation, but that they are also NOT burdened by high levels of student loans either. Many of the countries from which these "highly skilled" H-1B candidates from are highly socialistic with little or no education cost to the student. Hell, Indians even rip off our text books. I knew a guy who would go home to India, get his entire collection of technical textbooks for the coming year for about what it cost me to buy one mid-ranged priced book in the U.S. (Of course the quality sucked, tissue paper like pages, etc. but it was still a ripoff of a copyrighted work. (Actually the weight was kind of nice with the lighter weight paper though...))
especially considering our economic times right now we don't need 200 thousand of these people taking jobs from Americans
Amen, brother!
Let's stop exporting our tech jobs to 3rd world countries in order for some overpaid CEO/CFO/CIO/etc to fatten their already bloated compensation package.
While we're at it, we need to close immigration immediately. Allow those already in the program to finish it up and deny all others until such time as the INS gets its head out of its arse.
Mod me down as flamebait if you so desire. We need an overhaul of the INS and more border patrol added IMMEDIATELY. Stopping the INS from making any more stupid mistakes is the only way to ensure that we don't let any more terrorists or potential terrorists into the country.
Hell, while we're at it - microchip all non-citizens in the country so we can keep track of them. They're not US citizens and should't be guaranteed certain rights at the expense of the safety and welfare of those of us who are citizens...
Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
Why should some hard working CEO hire a lazy, undereducated American for $50k a year anyway? So what if the lack of jobs weaken the country?
Corporations don't owe their loyalty to the US, they owe their loyalty to their stockholders, and a lot of them are rich people from other countries.
If Americans want their jobs back, they should stop acting like IT'S SOVIET RUSSIA and get used to the global economy - get used to working for $10 an hour - IF you're lucky.
People who complain about jobs going overseas sound like communists to me. God Bless America and our Capitalist System.
The evidence of fraud that seems to be prevalent in this area leads one to believe that H1-B is being misused. From what I see so often, I believe this to be the case. It's popular to "save money" and too easy to cut jobs in order to do that.
Bean counters have no interest in respecting the quality of product or labor until a disaster strikes and they are unable to deny that buying the more expensive brand is better for the company. It's perfectly logical and understandable that they would feel that way. What's wrong is that these people are running the companies of the US instead of the people who actually RUN the companies. For example, a skilled shoemaker makes a damned good shoe. His business grows because of quality and reputation. He hires more people... he incorporates. A bean counter wins a position as leader of the corporation and suddenly, the neighborhood business is shipped overseas to have the work done cheaper... cheaper supplies are used and the cost of the shoes goes higher. Now we have the same name but and entirely different product and success goal.
This is the story of thousands of successful companies in the U.S. And to this day, I am still amazed that people prefer to buy "names" over quality and ignore the way various companies conduct business.
It would be nice if we could spin the current "xenophobia" to embrace each other as Americans and quit selling each other out. "Look for the Union Label" was a pretty important campaign... what ever happened to that? Oh yeah, anything that promotes "Americans" gets slapped down with politics by labelling them as "hate groups" and racists or nationalists. We're profiling against the world's population...
What's so WRONG with wanting to feed your children before you feed your neighbor's? And what's wrong with wanting to feed your neighbor's before you feed those who aren't?
There are lies and flawed perspectives afloat today but no one can deny that the U.S. is in serious trouble and we should be looking to correct the problems. People won't stop buying from Nike if they were once again made in the U.S.A. instead of by slave labor. But they might have to accept 'less profit' if they did. Undoing the damage will definitely hurt, but consider it as "withdrawls" experienced after getting off drugs. It HURTS to get healthy sometimes.
My job is not in any way threatened by any H1B holder but this is america and I spent 10 years in our navy and earned my right to call this place mine. The thought of imported workers taking american jobs disgusts me. Send them all back ...
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