We have our esteemed corrupt leaders inviting H1Bs into the USA to take STEM jobs from Americans, not because they are better, but because they are cheaper. These same sold out Americans are then stuck paying their debt off to an overpaid academia while our traitors in DC sell or STEM workers out. This is a recipe for a declining USA.
We have permitted our nation to be hijacked by traitors who put the USA 2nd, third, or 4th instead of first.
They probably are cheaper, though I’ve never nosed into what kind of pay my colleagues get.
The onshore ones probably get paid pretty much par with the locals that appeal to them (which are rare, such as myself). The offshore ones get paid less, as they only need to live in India. And where I am? Could be better, but could be worse too. It keeps me in comfortable quarters and I’m able to help out others as well.
Like I said... US citizens have a pessimism problem. Which they never had to have. I can see this from the inside. From an economic point of view yes I am probably being a traitor by giving them something even better than the spotty Hindu theology to work with (and that has its heroic areas from time to time, but then descends back into the gloom of only getting what you deserve, which in our heart of hearts we know is God’s anger). But from a spiritual point of view? I’m winning friends. They’re starting to listen to my ideas about the parent company, which imports tractors from India, opening up assembly plants in the USA. Could be a net gain for all.