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Trump Gives Displaced IT Workers Attention, and He's Not Alone (computerworld.com)
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.
he leads?
It turns out that lowering barriers to commerce increases competition.
This helps the guy who is buying the goods and services. Which mostly means whoever owns the company that uses or re-sells those services. It helps the 1% because they own the companies which profit by, for example, employing IT workers. It occasionally helps normal people, if the companies that are reselling or using the services are in tight competition, but mostly it helps the 1%--or in this case, the owners of Disney stock.
It hurts the guy who is selling the goods and services, at least in the markets with strong demand. That's why American Industry and the remaining small farms mostly disappeared--you could buy the stuff cheaper elsewhere, so people did. On the other hand, you can probably buy cheaper random-thing-X, so long as there is still competition among foreigners after the American producer went out of business.
Sanders and Trump are the only ones actually listening to the American public. That's why these two are the only candidates getting huge crowds and generating big enthusiasm.
Unlimited free trade and open borders helps some Americans (stockholders and business owners) while hurting others (blue collar workers and offshorable white collar workers). As you can guess, the latter category is much larger than the former. Unfortunately those in power (doesn't matter which party) work exclusively for the benefit of the former and does not give a rat's ass about the latter.
I am praying, pleading with everyone. PLEASE vote for Bernie (if you're a Dem) or Trump (if you're an R).
If businesses are going to move overseas, let them. But don't let them participate in the American market for free, since that just keeps American businesses out of their own back yard. They should be charged for access to the American market. Just enough to balance any advantage they get from moving offshore and make it possible for local startups to compete.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
That makes those women sexiest, but they will never admit it ...
Don't you ever forget that no matter what the Blacks do or say, they can never be racist
Same thing applies to the women --- no matter what they do or say, no woman can ever be accused as a sexist
Same thing with the Democrats --- no matter how much ideology they share with the fascists --- no way, the Democrats can never be known as fascists
That is the world we are living in, folks, deal with it !!
But if it infuriates whack jobs like you to think he might, that's a good thing.
Why, exactly, is that a good thing? Please go into detail.
When people get emotionally involved, their higher thought processes shut off and their lizard brain takes over. This is the "systemic heuristic model" of thought processing.
This makes it *much* more likely that they'll make a stupid mistake, and be unable to rationally and intelligently respond to changing situations.
Infuriated people have poor judgment. When you are all stupid and uncoordinated, it's more likely we will prevail.
And just for reference, I've personally TRIED to get people on this forum to engage in intelligent debate about the issues in this election. We're supposed to be the smart people in the room
Can anyone tell me why temporarily banning Muslim immigration from conflict areas is a bad idea? Seems like a common-sense approach to me.
- Republicans care only for the rich people and companies owned by them. If an employee gets sick, there is no reason to help him at all.
- Democrats care only about people. All money and wealth should be divided equally to everyone. Individual skills and effort does not matter making everyone lazy as there is no point in doing anything.
I don't understand why Trump cares for the employees. Companies should be able to get work the way they want it. Markets will take care of everything, that is the idea republicans favour.
There are two options:
1. Trump is actually a Democrat. This would explain the war between other republicans which favours democrats.
2. Trump is a traditional republican who lies to stupid poor people who would benefit more for voting democrats, but who vote for the republicans because they believe in the old "if companies are doing well, people are doing well" (which might be true for a while, but not once you get sick or once the robots or cheaper labour replaces you).
I don't live in the USA and I don't really care does Trump or Hillary win. Either way I'm going take my popcorn and enjoy this episode.
As far as I can tell, anybody who does not support the liberal agenda is a "racist"
Here in the real world:
Islam is no more a race than Catholicism is a race. Islam is an ideology. And from what I can see, Islam is a strange, and dangerous ideology. If Islam is a religion of peace, then shouldn't the mid-east be the most peaceful place on earth.
Mexican is not a race either. Mexico is a nation, not a race. Mexico is a nation that is serious about protecting it's borders, and is right to do so. Yet, for the US to protect it's borders against Mexico, in the same manner that Mexico protects Mexican borders, is somehow "racist" on the part of the US.