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Trump Gives Displaced IT Workers Attention, and He's Not Alone (computerworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the you're-fired dept.

dcblogs writes: The H-1B visa issue is getting more attention than it has ever received before. Donald Trump has invited laid-off Disney workers to speak at his rallies, and has posed in photos with them. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), held a press conference this week to complain that visa workers are being hired instead of U.S. workers. Legislation to reform the visa program has been introduced, and discrimination complaints are being filed with federal agencies and in the courts. But these efforts may have little impact. If visa restrictions arrive, IT services firms may increase reliance on web-based "knowledge transfer" to avoid having visa workers at an employer's site. There have also been reports of U.S. workers traveling overseas to train replacements on foreign soil. [Even with all the political and legal efforts,] there's no certainty any action will derail the forces moving IT jobs overseas.

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  1. Re: wonder why by niftydude · · Score: 5, Informative

    His policies are on his website: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/p...

    Click through - the stances are quite firm and there is quite a lot of detail. On a number of issues I consider him more progressive than Hillary.

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  2. Re: wonder why by JBMcB · · Score: 4, Informative

    Okay tell me what his platform is.

    1. Go here: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
    2. Click on "Positions" and pick something
    3. Read

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  3. Re: wonder why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    > Trump won't tank the country.]

    How do you know? He's on all sides of practically every position - he hates outsourcing, but he outsources the manufacture of his branded clothing to mexico, china, honduras and bangladesh.

    He says he's against H1B visas,then he's for them, then he's "changing," then he's against them again.

    No one has a clue what Trump will do, what we do know is that he's skilled at innuendo and insults. Beyond that, no clue. And if you are one of those people who thinks that's a great qualification to be president, then you're just drinking kool-aid.

  4. Re:wonder why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not only did he inherit 40 million (in 1970s dollars) from his dad, he got to use his father's total fortune of 200 million as a guarantee for credit for his own businesses. Plus he had all the social and business connections that come with being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

    Those factors put his estimated net worth at 100 million in 1978. If he'd dumped that into a SP500 index fund he'd have 6 billion in cash today. The highest estimate of his holdings today is $4.1B (by Forbes), Bloomberg thinks his net worth is only $2.9B.

    So, yeah, he pretty much inherited everything he needed to get where he is today.

  5. Re:Here's why by dryeo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Can anyone tell me why temporarily banning Muslim immigration from conflict areas is a bad idea? Seems like a common-sense approach to me.

    A couple of points.
    Most (all?) the recent terrorist acts in the west have been homegrown, not imports. For example the recent Belgium and French instigators were just common small time hoods who felt very alienated in their home countries and banning their kindred makes them feel even more alienated. Shit they weren't even particularly religious, which is why they went to ISIS rather the Al Quada. (ISIS don't care if recruits are very religious with many recruits just joining for money, important when there is no work)
    It plays into the narrative that ISIS is trying to paint, namely that the west hates Muslims so lets go to war. Along with the west bombing them, starving them and screwing with their affairs, a ban just expands the hatred.
    It is also leverage that the local authoritarian types can use to gain power. You just have to look at this election, which seems to consist of mostly extreme authoritarian types playing on fear.

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  6. Re: wonder why by AlterEager · · Score: 5, Informative

    His policies are on his website: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/p...

    Click through - the stances are quite firm and there is quite a lot of detail. On a number of issues I consider him more progressive than Hillary.

    "Progressive"? Maybe. Insane, yes.

    Look at his tax plans:

    1. If you are single and earn less than $25,000, or married and jointly earn less than $50,000, you will not owe any income tax. That removes nearly 75 million households â" over 50% â" from the income tax rolls. They get a new one page form to send the IRS saying, âoeI win,â those who would otherwise owe income taxes will save an average of nearly $1,000 each.

    2. All other Americans will get a simpler tax code with four brackets â" 0%, 10%, 20% and 25% â" instead of the current seven. This new tax code eliminates the marriage penalty and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) while providing the lowest tax rate since before World War II.

    3. No business of any size, from a Fortune 500 to a mom and pop shop to a freelancer living job to job, will pay more than 15% of their business income in taxes. This lower rate makes corporate inversions unnecessary by making Americaâ(TM)s tax rate one of the best in the world.

    4. No family will have to pay the death tax. You earned and saved that money for your family, not the government. You paid taxes on it when you earned it

    And he claims "Doesn't add to our debt and deficit".

    This is madness.