I'm sorry; but right off I have a problem believing an H-1B is earning $130k net right now. Could it be you just want to make me jealous? Could it be that you want to evade the clear fact that H-1Bs in general earn less than American counterparts?
Surely you take advantage of the nonresident alien formulas at the IRS. You can skew these formulas by taking frequent trips out of the country - even day visits to Mexico.
Oh, and what about the H-1Bs who live here on tax-free expense per diems while the bulk of their salary is paid in their home country? This is a common mode of operation for Tata subsidiaries.
You can pull the wool over the eyes of our dumb politicians but your jive won't work on American techs. We work next to you guys. We know your games. Fortunately, many of your fellow H-1Bs are much more honest about how they are really paid and treated. More than one has confided in me about breaking away from their current contract because thay can barely survive and are tired of working overtime for free. They came to me because I was an independent American contractor with my own Subchapter S corporation.
Oh boy! Another phat-dumb-and-happy American ready to bail on his/her fellow Americans - not unlike the power elite who are hiding in Belize to avoid paying US taxes.
This is the kind of selfish attitude that is going to doom Americans.
Say, you might want to grab that "nest egg" during this brief pro-war bubble in the market. The market will again continue it's downward spiral once the reality of our poor economy, high unemployment, and increasing inflation set back in.
Once our government dips into the pot to borrow more money for the war and rebuilding the interest rates will soar along with inflation.
The H-1B program and off shore contracts only make this worse by reducing payroll tax revenue in America.
Don't any of you get it? Our entire country is funded by payroll taxes. The only reason our economy didn't crash after the factory jobs were shipped overseas in the 1980s is because the tech boom took up the slack. Now there is nothing to take up the slack for the lost IT jobs. This whole globalization pipe dream is going to catapult America into a deep economic depression. This is only the beginning.
Cut the karma bull. It wasn't karma that saved my life when I was defending this country in the rice paddies of Vietnam. It wasn't karma that saved my father from kazakami bombers when he proudly defended our country during WWII.
IT WAS GOD ALMIGHTY, YOU HEATHEN!!
Will H-1B workers have to risk their lives in Iraq? What about their sons and daughters??!!
It's time for Americans to take back America. Darn, I'm glad I still have my M-16!!
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I'm sorry; but right off I have a problem believing an H-1B is earning $130k net right now. Could it be you just want to make me jealous? Could it be that you want to evade the clear fact that H-1Bs in general earn less than American counterparts? Surely you take advantage of the nonresident alien formulas at the IRS. You can skew these formulas by taking frequent trips out of the country - even day visits to Mexico. Oh, and what about the H-1Bs who live here on tax-free expense per diems while the bulk of their salary is paid in their home country? This is a common mode of operation for Tata subsidiaries. You can pull the wool over the eyes of our dumb politicians but your jive won't work on American techs. We work next to you guys. We know your games. Fortunately, many of your fellow H-1Bs are much more honest about how they are really paid and treated. More than one has confided in me about breaking away from their current contract because thay can barely survive and are tired of working overtime for free. They came to me because I was an independent American contractor with my own Subchapter S corporation.
Oh boy! Another phat-dumb-and-happy American ready to bail on his/her fellow Americans - not unlike the power elite who are hiding in Belize to avoid paying US taxes. This is the kind of selfish attitude that is going to doom Americans. Say, you might want to grab that "nest egg" during this brief pro-war bubble in the market. The market will again continue it's downward spiral once the reality of our poor economy, high unemployment, and increasing inflation set back in. Once our government dips into the pot to borrow more money for the war and rebuilding the interest rates will soar along with inflation. The H-1B program and off shore contracts only make this worse by reducing payroll tax revenue in America. Don't any of you get it? Our entire country is funded by payroll taxes. The only reason our economy didn't crash after the factory jobs were shipped overseas in the 1980s is because the tech boom took up the slack. Now there is nothing to take up the slack for the lost IT jobs. This whole globalization pipe dream is going to catapult America into a deep economic depression. This is only the beginning.
Cut the karma bull. It wasn't karma that saved my life when I was defending this country in the rice paddies of Vietnam. It wasn't karma that saved my father from kazakami bombers when he proudly defended our country during WWII. IT WAS GOD ALMIGHTY, YOU HEATHEN!! Will H-1B workers have to risk their lives in Iraq? What about their sons and daughters??!! It's time for Americans to take back America. Darn, I'm glad I still have my M-16!!