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Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas
An anonymous reader writes: As part of Trump's comprehensive immigration overhaul, his plan not only addresses immigrants who enter or stay in the country illegally, but also the H-1B visa program and its well-documented abuses. Parts of the proposal include requirements to offer positions to U.S. STEM graduates and effectively requiring a minimum wage for hiring out of the country that would make it prohibitive to do so.
Of course you might. There's nothing like America for single-issue voting.
"Well, yeah, he's a complete idiot, and he'll plunge our country into a new depression, and half the population will starve to death, and the other half will eat them to stay alive, but there might be a few more jobs for American tech workers at the end of it!"
It was there to fill a claimed temporary shortage, but it had the inevitable result of driving down wages and thus reducing people training to enter the field. It should have been killed a long time ago, there are other visa categories that can be matched for skilled labour.
The H1b has some benefits for US employers, particularly it locks the employee in, they can't switch to a better job, Zuckerberg loves them, his slave army, but it gives H1Bs an advantage even for the same pay grade.
Plus at the end, they leave, fully trained, and ready to work at your offshore division for a wage lower than the US and above the local wage, thus exporting the job and the skills.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1...
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Like many of you, I have been entertained by the unstoppable clown car that is Donald Trump. On the surface, and several layers deep as well, Trump appears to be a narcissistic blow-hard with inadequate credentials to lead a country.
The only problem with my analysis is that there is an eerie consistency to his success so far. Is there a method to it? Is there some sort of system at work under the hood?
Probably yes. Allow me to describe some of the hypnosis and persuasion methods Mr. Trump has employed on you. (Most of you know I am a trained hypnotist and this topic is a hobby of mine.)
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Trump is a complicated subject... because its insane... but the situation is so nutty that he starts to make sense... which tells you how insane the situation is...
Americans are furious. Both sides of the political spectrum.
Republicans are pissed.
Democrats are pissed.
No one trusts anyone.
Both side's politicians are full of shit.
There is a general consensus that the elites are fucking over the people at large.
The republicans tried to purge their own party with the "tea party" and similar things. Democrats only see this form their perspective but they don't realize that a fair amount of the animus was directed at the establishment republicans which is why the establishment doesn't like the tea party.
The democrats tried to purge their own party with stuff like code pink, occupy wall street, and now black lives matter.
And all of this is failing. The Establishment of both parties is very good at stonewalling this stuff. Black Lives Matter shows up to a Bernie speech and basically takes it over. They try the same thing at a Hillary speech and they don't even get in the front door. Think about that.
And that's basically what has been going on. So what is Donald Trump?
In my view, he's a purgative. A drug you take to induce vomiting. You accidentally eat poison... it has to get out. So you take a purgative... and you vomit.
The American electorate has been dry heaving for decades. We're that cat that just can't seem to get up that golf ball sized fur ball. And we just stand there back arched... dry heaving trying to get it out.
Do I like Donald? He's a weird guy. But I think BOTH parties should have someone like him running. Because Hillary is business as usual, Bernie is weak, and I've not seen anyone else out of them that is ready to challenge the establishment.
To paraphrase Augustus, "things that can't go on forever - don't."... The status quo is not acceptable. The corruption, the incompetence, the deceit... it has to stop.
We tried just voting them out. That failed.
We tried splinter political factions. That failed.
We tried lobbying and bribery to make them stop. That failed.
So... we're open to the "unstoppable clown car" that is Donald Trump.
If this fails as well... it just means the madness will be escalated another notch. This is not stopping.
Something that I think the establishment is starting to wake up to is that people are f'ing furious. And while some may giggle at the fury, it is unwise to not appreciate that people behave increasingly unpredictably as the fury builds. The sort of rage that is building is the kind where you rip off your OWN arm and beat someone to death with it. The establishment can't handle that.
I assume Donald is going to lose here... but whomever does win... whomever is in charge... they're going to have to change the way things are done. Because the whole "you need to pass the law to see what is in it" thing along with powerful people blatantly violating federal law and getting away with it... The big powerful companies fucking up and then getting bailed out by everyone that didn't fuck up.
This is starting to get dangerous.
I've decided to stop wasting my time responding to AC trolls/sockpuppets... so if you want a response from me... login.
I understand Trump's platform includes changes to the 14th amendment so that you're not a citizen when you're born on US soil anymore. Quite a big deal.
Presidential elections are like software versions. They promise great new features, they promise to fix existing bugs.
Once you buy it on the promises, the fix or feature is slotted for the next version or update.
Most of the time you will forget it was promised or by they time they get to version 3, it will be a problem for the new development team.
Remember, the president is like a CEO/Sales person. He can not really fix any of the issues, he can only suggest that it be fixed and push others to fix it.
In one instance, his xenophobia/racism aligns with a policy that protects our tech workers. I doubt this is truly about tech.
Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.
I'd be inclined to see whether his various business ventures have exhibited this sort of hiring policy; or whether he's a "Buy American!" sort of guy when looking for votes; and a buy Mexican sort of guy when looking for labor...
Trump CLEARLY would never say anything that wasn't true or self serving... [/sarcasm]
Seriously, anyone thinking of actually voting for this guy is an idiot. Trump may be good for a laugh but he is not presidential material. We need someone who will actually try to understand issues before spewing whatever dumb idea jumps first into his mouth. Someone who has more nuance to their rhetoric than calling people "losers" or "rapists". There should be some dignity to the office and dignity is something Trump completely lacks. He might have said something that appeals on this one issue but that hardly makes him the guy you should vote for.
In that reasoning, a stopped clock is more often right than a clock that's running slightly slower or slightly faster than it should...
Trump has a political brilliance, a strategic brilliance, a thoroughness in showmanship unlike anything anybody else running has, a personal image perfect for maximizing his control over public opinion through the rhetorical strategy of hyperbole, and the money to do this his own way, right, without needing to be phony to satisfy some donor or other.
Doesn't mean he will be a great president, but his use of hyperbole sticks in many average voters minds as it move the goal posts in his direction, even if the numbers he uses are actual incorrect. It is a great rhetorical device.
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No, that is not free market labor. Free market labor is anyone who can get a job offer in an area they are allowed to be in can take the job.
<devilsadvocate>So your definition of a free market is one where the government (who explicitly decides who is allowed to be in the country) gets to decide who can and can't participate in trade?</devilsadvocate>
Don't get me wrong, I think labor is a classic example of where a regulated market is better for everyone overall. But it's still a pretty regulated market.
I wish I were as sure of anything as some people are of everything
And that's the real issue. Trump makes a lot of claims and promises that would require Congress to cooperate, and looking at how Trump scores on the whole "get along with other people" index, it suggests that his Presidency, rather than being some great revolutionary change, would be four very long years of him shouting crude abuses at Congressional leadership.
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He says all the time he need flexibility to do deals.
This amounts to 'trust me' which where politicians are concerned, doesn't generally work out well. This is the worst thing about Trump IMO.
For instance, he was pro-choice a few years ago, and now he's pro-life because he wants the GOP nomination. Once he supported single payer healthcare, now he doesn't because he wants the GOP nomination. From my point of view I wish he'd never changed his positions. This says to me, these issues aren't very important to him. Or maybe they are and he's just making a deal.
Also, the birther thing, he de-emphasizes now seems to paint him as an idiot, but it may have appealed to more people than it put off. Was it ever important to him, or just a way of getting attention. Also, consider that appearing dumb enough to do stupid things might help him in negotiations by giving him flexibility. If you appear too rational, it can be a weakness because it allows others to predict your moves. Computers still don't dominate poker.
The wall seems dumb at first. And getting Mexico to pay for it, just stupid, but I don't think he really wants a wall. He wants to use it to browbeat others. The pressure he will apply to get the wall built is an anti-nafta agenda with impounding of remittances, which if Trump has any brains ( which he probably does but hides well ) is what he really wants. I don't think he really wants to get the wall easily.
Making E-verify mandatory and penalties for violations by employers certain and severe will do more to deter illegal immigration than any wall ever could, which Trump says he wants to do.
His bluster about his willingness to send troops to the Middle East could easily be a bargaining chip he intends to cash in for a better deal. Would more military adventures in the Middle East be a bad idea? Yes. But then he may not actually want them.
The list goes on. but while you could imagine a rational Trump that is bluffing, you don't ever know that for sure. People like to see themselves in others when it's not really there. The thing he's saying to the American Public is 'Trust me.'.
And is your favorite Trump position core, to his agenda or something to be cashed in? Or maybe everything actually might be cashed in in some possible deal but the whole agenda is genuine.
That might be what Trump is trying to do by running. The right and left are moving further apart and alienating more and more people opening the way for a populist centrist candidate to take both right and left positions to synthesize a new deal.
As for the H1B thing, he'll get the internet on his side with that one. Too bad it keeps an upper level 'maximum wage' , just raising it ( which will be undone by inflation eventually ) rather than just eliminating H1B.
Still, it's something.
The two populist candidates are Bernie Sanders and Trump.
Bernie Sanders won't have the money to beat Trump.
If Hillary gets the nomination, how many populist Bernie Sanders supporters will go to Hillary and how many will become Trump supporters when he shifts to the left in the general election ( which he will ).
Will Armerica stand for another non-populist president given how alienated they feel by the bought and paid for right and left?
And like it or not, America is becoming more National Socialist. America is not racist or anti-semetic, but they want some moderate socialism and realize that socialism isn't feasible without border control ( the nationalism ) or else you get a race to the bottom as people flood in from everywhere. You can't heat the great outdoors.
And being nationalist and socialist doesn't make you a hater and certainly doesn't make you Hitler. -- Hitler was a bad guy.
Being moderately socialist doesn't make you a commie, it just means you're not a Rothbardian Libertarian Ayn Rand worshipper. It makes you normal.
Being nationalist, doesn't make you racist if you define nation geographically and include all c
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Someone who managed to get Russia, China, France and Britain to sit down and negotiate with Iran, even while Russia and the West are embroiled in a mini Cold War.
That's the kinds of things historians will take notice of, not some asshole who talks about female journalists having blood come out of their "you know where".
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All theories are essentially models.
Nothing like being lectured to by someone who is completely ignorant of how science works.
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Actually a close look at his record shows he's *not* very good at real estate. In NYC, he's long been known as a clown whose inheritance has saved him from his stupidity more than once.
The Republicans are running two blowhards who fail as businesspeople running on their records. Carly Fiorina is the other. You'd think the one doesn't have multiple bankruptcies directly tied to extremely bad management and that the other wasn't fired for practically running a legendary company straight into the ground.
Bush or Obama
Sure it does. Business licenses are regulation. They can, and are, also abused sometimes. Joe Mayor's brother's kid gets that contractor license instead of Joe Blow. Import restrictions on things, including labour, are called "protectionism," which is the opposite of "free trade."
Americans are weird. You're so afraid of (OMG) socialism that you just redefine whatever regulation you find desirable as "free market."
And that's the real issue. Trump makes a lot of claims and promises that would require Congress to cooperate, and looking at how Trump scores on the whole "get along with other people" index, it suggests that his Presidency, rather than being some great revolutionary change, would be four very long years of him shouting crude abuses at Congressional leadership.
So more of the same? I guess he can switch to executive orders like our current president.
A thread complaining about how broken American politics is includes a nugget like "[I] forget who vetoes who". Wow.
We should bring back these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0
I remember when Obama was a Constitutionalist and transparent, full of hope and change. We took a chance on him and that was a really bad mistake.
Fuck it. At least Trump isn't a career politician.
We don't have an unified theory in physics yet. Should we stop to send electronics in space until we get something which can handle both quantum mechanic and gravity?
I would take someone who negotiates business contracts as his job over what we have now "I will not negotiate with the GOP, they're as bad as terrorists" every time there is a disagreement over implementation. Obama caused the budget crisis by refusing to negotiate. Obama caused the debt ceiling crisis by refusing to negotiate. But it is always convenient when you can blame the other side "if only they would do what I want!", but that isn't how politics works, it is all about negotiation which Trump is the king of.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
If you believe Snowden at all, he and plenty of others tried through channels, and nothing happened for years. Are you also for people just sitting on 0days when companies decide to wait 14 years to patch?
It sounded like responsible disclosure to me.
And really, did he reveal anything we all didn't strongly suspect anyway? Not that made the news. Sure it pissed off a lot of people, but there wouldn't have been anything to tell if
a) the govt was playing by the rules
or
b) actually responded to internal concerns in any real way vs covering it all up.
Then again, maybe he's the best Russian agent in decades for discrediting the US. In either case, it seems like he did everyone some good in calling the NSA out - though whether it really makes any difference is hard to tell.
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