Why should I care about that? What I care about is living in a peaceful society, where my kids can grow up and have a happy life and without fear of uprising, violent protests or civil war. I don't see how that is to happen on the current path.
All I ever wanted to do was work enough so that I can enrich and enjoy life with my family. It's that simple, yet hitting that target seems to be more and more difficult as time goes on.
I have seen a few people who spend their lives chasing the next thing for their pile of stuff. When that doesn't make them happy, they come to the conclusion that they just don't have the right things, or enough things in their pile of stuff and seek out more. My father in law died with millions of dollars of value in his pile of stuff and admitted to us that he never found happiness in it. Sadly, he had stepped on way too many people in his career to count on the way to this conclusion. People with families who were probably happy with what they had.
I don't accept that your example of paying more taxes relates to the topic at hand. I wouldn't trouble myself to pay more taxes either. Taxes have a deeply entrenched system and I wouldn't expect anyone to try to throw a wrench in that system no matter what their morals are. You're likely to pay even more than if you would if the laws did match your morals. In the absence of a realistic solution that coincides with my beliefs I would just go with what the accountants tell me I should do.
On the other hand, we are talking about making an active decision about whether to hire local people or whether to hire foreigners. You have to hire someone, so it is up to you which way you go. Trump made the decision to hire foreigners, so he has already shown us how he feels about the matter. If you're going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk. Even if he is honestly regretful that he could not stand by his morals on the matter (which I highly doubt), he is basically saying he will sell out on his morals, leaving me with no reason to believe he wouldn't do the same after I voted for him.
My wife is big into those little games.. and a couple of the in app purchase ones she actually had the patience to play and succeed at without making any in-app purchases. On two separate games, there was some 'mysterious corruption' and all her progress was erased months after playing. In one of those games she wanted to get it back so desperately she started poking around in data files, and she actually saw the words 'user refuses to pay' in one of them.
I actually see more of these kinds of things happening. Things that you would expect to see more in a state controlled society that is in the process of breaking down. Hunger games kinds of things.
At least most politicians are somewhat concerned about getting re-elected. It is quite obvious to me that Trump will help himself in the first term and then merely hope for the best in the second.
I'm aware of the loophole, and it has been abused for far too long. Outsourcing companies shouldn't be able to request H1-B at all. Their whole purpose in the system is to fill gaps, and they shouldn't be taking contracts if they don't already have the manpower available to fill those positions.
This is why I don't trust business people. They too easily throw their hands up and claim they are helpless slaves to the rules, and it is complete bullshit. Yes, standing up for what you believe in may eat some profits here and there but there is a great difference between complete inaction and going bankrupt. To change things, sometimes the people who have the most to lose have to go against the grain. I run a business myself, and I am trying like hell to use local resources. Yes it's hard on the bottom line and I have to be more creative and do more work to keep by business growing, but at the end of the day I can tell my kids that I did everything I could to help the local economy and ensure they had some quality of living left for their adulthood. I'm just thankful Rosa Parks didn't think like a business person.
Loyal or not, Americans have to earn a paycheck from someone hiring in America. On the other hand, these corporations can pull workers from anywhere in the world they want.
People don't like when the 4th of July respect your nation lines they feed us end up to be nothing but empty lines and promises. The thought that our war veterans fought to give us a certain way of life that is to be respected. Nothing to respect about the nation any more. War vets fought for a nation that has merely been hollowed out to fill with the values of other countries. Why should people even trouble themselves to stand for the national anthem?
Trump is a businessman through and through. Right now he is saying whatever America wants to hear because winning is good for his business. Once elected, he will continue to do what is good for business, which means forgetting he made a lot of these promises in the first place. As incredible as it sounds, personal integrity still means a bit more in politics than it does in business.
If Trump were willing to take a stand, he wouldn't use H-1B, period. Saying you do it but shouldn't be able to is just a ploy to get support from weak minded voters without really having to make a sacrifice at all.
It is about current IT workers being able to do the job. H-1B is only intended to fill positions that cannot be filled. Not positions that cannot be filled cheap enough to suit the employer.
There was a paper filed for H-1B? More domestic employees being replaced by a program that is only supposed to be used if there are no domestic employees available?
Ok but that's what I was asking.. how many people actually have families? If most people feel the housing is inadequate for a family, then they are being prevented from having a family. Assuming you have a boy and a girl and you don't want either of them sleeping in your room, you need to be able to afford at least a three bedroom house.
Not that having kids and a family is a right, per se, but being prevented from participating in the cycle of life because people want a certain type of job in a certain type of place is a bit sad.
I think it's more about people wanting their paychecks to actually afford them the life they want. What is the point of having a large salary if there is no way you can afford the kind of living you want with it?
I think it is a major failing of companies that they don't focus on the quality of life that their employees have. So they dangle a largish salary and get get the types of people who will sacrifice any other aspect of quality of life to get it. Well it's no wonder they have trouble retaining employees; those same people leave as soon as someone dangles a slightly more largish salary.
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Why should I care about that? What I care about is living in a peaceful society, where my kids can grow up and have a happy life and without fear of uprising, violent protests or civil war. I don't see how that is to happen on the current path.
I wish I had taken a screenshot or something.. but at the time she was just trying to get the game to work again. Sorry, I have no proof.
All I ever wanted to do was work enough so that I can enrich and enjoy life with my family. It's that simple, yet hitting that target seems to be more and more difficult as time goes on.
Personally, I think socialism *is* a system of capitalism with reasonable checks and balances.
I have seen a few people who spend their lives chasing the next thing for their pile of stuff. When that doesn't make them happy, they come to the conclusion that they just don't have the right things, or enough things in their pile of stuff and seek out more. My father in law died with millions of dollars of value in his pile of stuff and admitted to us that he never found happiness in it. Sadly, he had stepped on way too many people in his career to count on the way to this conclusion. People with families who were probably happy with what they had.
WOW, are you an American? I didn't know there were any Americans that needed to feel loved.
I don't accept that your example of paying more taxes relates to the topic at hand. I wouldn't trouble myself to pay more taxes either. Taxes have a deeply entrenched system and I wouldn't expect anyone to try to throw a wrench in that system no matter what their morals are. You're likely to pay even more than if you would if the laws did match your morals. In the absence of a realistic solution that coincides with my beliefs I would just go with what the accountants tell me I should do.
On the other hand, we are talking about making an active decision about whether to hire local people or whether to hire foreigners. You have to hire someone, so it is up to you which way you go. Trump made the decision to hire foreigners, so he has already shown us how he feels about the matter. If you're going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk. Even if he is honestly regretful that he could not stand by his morals on the matter (which I highly doubt), he is basically saying he will sell out on his morals, leaving me with no reason to believe he wouldn't do the same after I voted for him.
My wife is big into those little games.. and a couple of the in app purchase ones she actually had the patience to play and succeed at without making any in-app purchases. On two separate games, there was some 'mysterious corruption' and all her progress was erased months after playing. In one of those games she wanted to get it back so desperately she started poking around in data files, and she actually saw the words 'user refuses to pay' in one of them.
I actually see more of these kinds of things happening. Things that you would expect to see more in a state controlled society that is in the process of breaking down. Hunger games kinds of things.
At least most politicians are somewhat concerned about getting re-elected. It is quite obvious to me that Trump will help himself in the first term and then merely hope for the best in the second.
Well that's fairly obvious. I never said he should have my morals, I just said if he did he would be operating differently.
I'm aware of the loophole, and it has been abused for far too long. Outsourcing companies shouldn't be able to request H1-B at all. Their whole purpose in the system is to fill gaps, and they shouldn't be taking contracts if they don't already have the manpower available to fill those positions.
This is why I don't trust business people. They too easily throw their hands up and claim they are helpless slaves to the rules, and it is complete bullshit. Yes, standing up for what you believe in may eat some profits here and there but there is a great difference between complete inaction and going bankrupt. To change things, sometimes the people who have the most to lose have to go against the grain. I run a business myself, and I am trying like hell to use local resources. Yes it's hard on the bottom line and I have to be more creative and do more work to keep by business growing, but at the end of the day I can tell my kids that I did everything I could to help the local economy and ensure they had some quality of living left for their adulthood. I'm just thankful Rosa Parks didn't think like a business person.
Loyal or not, Americans have to earn a paycheck from someone hiring in America. On the other hand, these corporations can pull workers from anywhere in the world they want.
People don't like when the 4th of July respect your nation lines they feed us end up to be nothing but empty lines and promises. The thought that our war veterans fought to give us a certain way of life that is to be respected. Nothing to respect about the nation any more. War vets fought for a nation that has merely been hollowed out to fill with the values of other countries. Why should people even trouble themselves to stand for the national anthem?
Trump is a businessman through and through. Right now he is saying whatever America wants to hear because winning is good for his business. Once elected, he will continue to do what is good for business, which means forgetting he made a lot of these promises in the first place. As incredible as it sounds, personal integrity still means a bit more in politics than it does in business.
If Trump were willing to take a stand, he wouldn't use H-1B, period. Saying you do it but shouldn't be able to is just a ploy to get support from weak minded voters without really having to make a sacrifice at all.
It is about current IT workers being able to do the job. H-1B is only intended to fill positions that cannot be filled. Not positions that cannot be filled cheap enough to suit the employer.
There was a paper filed for H-1B? More domestic employees being replaced by a program that is only supposed to be used if there are no domestic employees available?
Ok but that's what I was asking.. how many people actually have families? If most people feel the housing is inadequate for a family, then they are being prevented from having a family. Assuming you have a boy and a girl and you don't want either of them sleeping in your room, you need to be able to afford at least a three bedroom house.
Not that having kids and a family is a right, per se, but being prevented from participating in the cycle of life because people want a certain type of job in a certain type of place is a bit sad.
I do 90% of my development on GNU/Linux, and development on OSX when Apple forces me to.
I think it's more about people wanting their paychecks to actually afford them the life they want. What is the point of having a large salary if there is no way you can afford the kind of living you want with it?
I think it is a major failing of companies that they don't focus on the quality of life that their employees have. So they dangle a largish salary and get get the types of people who will sacrifice any other aspect of quality of life to get it. Well it's no wonder they have trouble retaining employees; those same people leave as soon as someone dangles a slightly more largish salary.
So you rolled over and you expect others to do the same without complaining about it?