Posted on 10/31/2015 4:49:41 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has asked Entertainment giant Walt Disney to hire back every employee they replaced with low-wage H-1B workers, including Indians, and vowed to take action against firms that replace American workers if elected to the top job.
Disney in June had laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas. "I am calling today on Disney to hire back every one of the workers they replaced...," Trump said.
If elected, Trump said he would take action against companies that replace American workers.
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vowed to take action against firms that replace American workers
That's not the entire picture. I listened to Ted's explanation. There is another side to this.
Extremely tortured logic that an employer that takes advantage of a government meddling H1-B visa program to begin with has any “right” to be free of government interference.
These visas should NOT exist to begin with, except for some very limited exceptions where no American jobs are being replaced for mere convenience and the person/persons are truly doing a job that an American would not otherwise be doing.
It’s absolutely crazy in this country that we put foreigners ahead of our own when it comes to jobs. What sane country does that?
It’s not a simple, black and white issue.
It was at one of those chicken processing plants near the Upstate. The HR gal in charge of hiring was actually helping border jumpers get fake paperwork so that she could keep a steady supply of minimum wage chicken pluckers coming in door.
I called my congress critter in Oconee County about the issue several years ago and asked if he was going to lead the charge in cracking down on all the construction companies in Oconee County hiring border jumpers. He geed and hawed and shucked and jived and I knew that he had no intention to do a damn thing. I just let him talk babble for a couple of minutes and said thanks for nothing and hung up.
With the dissatisfaction levels of voters and a general desire to kick out foreign interlopers, he can do to the re-election chances of any RINO/uni-party traitors, who they insist on replacing US workers, what an Anteater does to a termite hill. After all, this has proven an issue that seems quite near and dear to a great MANY Americans.
Personally I`d trash them in the media and at EVERY opportunity I could till they CRASHED AND BURNED! Now do you think that would be effective and Constitutional?
Could be. I don't know enough about it. Ted made some good arguments. I respect him, so I'm open minded about the subject.
And yes, the Disney thing should make anyone's blood boil.
Amen!
So many people fail to understand these are rigid trade agreements (NAFTA, GATT, TPP, Etc...) against the American people and for the ESTABLISHMENT... Who are Globalist that are trying to wreck our Free Republic in order to bring in Global U.N. government.
It’s astounding that some people can see the abuses of the system but fail to connect the dots!
No wonder why they criminals are running wild!
Even the incompetent ones?
People need to understand the outsourcing history at Disney. Their IT organization was largely incompetent, which resulted in it getting outsourced. No CTO worth their salt us going to replace a department that is performing well.
Actuality he would just need to strictly enforce the provisions under the H1B program to the letter. 90% of them would just go away as companies would have to pay the aliens the same as US citizens.
Right now no one is enforcing any immigration laws.
Here’s the way this went down, to the best of my knowledge. Disney’s IT sucks and has for years. Anybody who deals with it on a routine basis knows this. I’ve cited examples in other threads.
So. Disney starts to use a local contractor for some jobs, with impressive results. Disney decides to move more of its IT jobs to the contractor.
Orlando is a unique marketplace. Disney and Universal have huge footprints that the local labor market does not support. This is why both theme parks have extensive college intern programs; they need to recruit far and wide to overcome the labor limitations of the Orlando job market. That works well when hiring college kids looking for excitement and a resume bump.
It doesn’t work so well for professionals settled into their lives and families. So, this contractor expanded its search.
HB1s aside, Disney needed a change in its IT direction and they found a contractor that provided them proven results.
The issue isn’t so black and white.
Nevertheless, Trump didn’t address any of that.
Instead, he said he’d force Disney to rehire people they no longer want working for them. And that’s alright with y’all? It’s OK with people here for the government to force employers to sign paychecks for employees that they do not want? Wow.
Would it be OK for President Obama to decide today that every company with ten or more employees must hire two more at the same salary, because the sky is blue, or to stimulate the economy, or just because it’s Saturday and too wet to golf and he’s bored?
Be very careful what you’re supporting here: if the federal government should be allowed to force the private sector to hire hundreds of employees at its discretion instead of the employer’s then that applies to anybody in that office, including its current occupant.
Check out his resume. Quite impressive.
Graduated valedictorian in 1988 from Second Baptist High School
Graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1992
Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1995
1992 U.S. National Debate Champion representing Princeton
1995 World Debating Championship semi-finalist representing Harvard
Served a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, making him the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States
Served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, making him the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country and the longest tenure in Texas history
Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice
Authored over 80 SCOTUS briefs and presented over 40 oral arguments before The Court in the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms
Presented oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds,
Defended the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools
Defended the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States
Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission
Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign
Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation
Ted Cruz is currently junior US Senator from Texas, defeating Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst who was heavily favored and backed by the DC old-guard GOP
Defeated Democrat Paul Sadler in the general election
Endorsed by The Tea Party and the Republican Liberty Caucus
AWARDS: “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,†Chambers USA (2009 & 2010) “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America,†National Law Journal (2008) “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century,†Texas Lawyer (2010)
“20 Young Hispanic Americans on the Rise,†Newsweek (1999) Traphagen Distinguished Alumnus, Harvard Law School
On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
Unlike Obama, Cruz didn’t seat in the U.S. Senate and vote “present.†He has sponsored 97 bills. Here are a few crucial pieces of legislation sponsored by Cruz:
ObamaCare Repeal Act
Prohibit use of drones from killing citizens of the United States within the United States
Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act
Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act
Defund Obamacare Act of 2013
A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit States to require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in elections for Federal office
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the Paul Brown United States Courthouse
A bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards of up to $5,000,000 for information regarding the attacks on the United States diplomatic mission at Benghazi, Libya that began on September 11, 2012
State Marriage Defense Act of 2014
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service
A bill to prohibit the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities
American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014
A bill to deny admission to the United States to any representative to the United Nations who has been found to have been engaged in espionage activities or a terrorist activity against the United States and poses a threat to United States national security interests
SuperPAC Elimination Act of 2014
Free All Speech Act of 2014
Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Suspension Act of 2014
A bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014
A bill to prevent the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawfully created by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012
Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014
Expatriate Terrorists Act
Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2014
I don’t care how allegedly “incompetent” the IT staff was at Disney.
I guarantee you when they are replaced by cheaper Indian labor, those fired Americans on the unemployment line, will look like MENSA scholars compared to the really incompetent Indians they hired to take their place.
But many of the Americans will be struggling, looking for a job, depleting their savings and getting government assistance. Who do you think will pay for that? The Indian government or you and I at the end of the day?
America should look out for Americans first. Period.
That’s fine, but what ‘action’ could be take?
The last seven years aside, the president does not make law”
I thought the same thing. Telling a company whom they can hire is as intrusive as anything Obama has done. Just make it more difficult for people to come here and work.
This well-abused H1-B visa program is government interference in the job market to begin with. So I reject your premise. Disney had to apply for these slots under the law.
The program is not intended to put Americans out of work in favor of cheaper Indian labor, but it has been abused by crony capitalist Fortune 500 companies to be just that (at the expense of smaller companies with less juice that want to outsource like this as well).
I am pretty sure if the true goal was to “fix” Disney’s “broken” IT department, you could get the job done with Americans, if you paid enough and paid relocation expenses or allowed some to telecommute.
But Disney doesn’t want to pay for that. They’d rather get involved with what is likely a shady Indian outsourcing company.
Don’t worry you ultimately get what you pay for. If you think Disney’s IT department has issues now, just wait until after these American jobs are outsourced to foreign workers.
Exactly. That us one of the things that bothers me about Trump. All I hear from him is I, I, I. He’s like the current POTUS in that regard. When Trump speaks I envision more and more executive orders and forced legislation by the federal government. I may have no cause for alarm, but I don’t know.
Disney is shameful, not to mention tone deaf and idiotic here - as well as immoral.
However, I do not want a President taking unilateral action against companies who operate in a manner he doesn’t like - even if I don’t like how they operate either. Hell, there’s virtually nothing Disney does I do like. I certainly don’t like how they run ESPN either.
But the Prez at war with a company? Um, where the hell does that stop? If he wants to outlaw the practice, that’s valid.
What you gonna do when he takes unilateral action you don’t like?
Remember the good ole days, when we were against a President - or any elected official for that matter - declaring war on a particular American company or industry? You know, property rights, limited government, the Constitution, what the hell ever that is.....
Wasn’t this the heart of the Chick Fil-A thing? You know, mayors punishing a company they didn’t like? Heck, even a lot of non religious libertarian types joined us on this. I remember when FR was on the right side of this debate.
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