I have worked at Microsoft for 3 years as an H1-B holder and I can tell you that this has nothing to do with money at all. Microsoft has to hire at market rates and has posted my base salary of $145,000/yr in our mail room for everyone to see for 60 days. This is the rule of law. We have lots of opening and we are hiring americans and not as fast as we can. Gates is asking for people like me to be able to stay, contribute our 2 bits to the american economy, pay taxes and create jobs. I'm not sure why you find this controversial at all.
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I have worked at Microsoft for 3 years as an H1-B holder and I can tell you that this has nothing to do with money at all. Microsoft has to hire at market rates and has posted my base salary of $145,000/yr in our mail room for everyone to see for 60 days. This is the rule of law. We have lots of opening and we are hiring americans and not as fast as we can. Gates is asking for people like me to be able to stay, contribute our 2 bits to the american economy, pay taxes and create jobs. I'm not sure why you find this controversial at all.