You dont know what you are complaining about
I do. Do you?
H1B Visas do not bring in highly trained talented workers. There are other categories of Visas reserved for those.
There is an unlimited number of tech workers wanting to come here from Asia—primarily from India and China. Online coding and other related classes are offered for THOUSANDS...They are working in many ares of tech...some that most people aren’t even aware of such as pharmaceutical trials work. They will work for far less than their US counterparts.
There are Freepers here who are underemployed because of this...STEM salaries are down and US workers have had to train their replacements—look up Disney and ComEd. Of course, if you have not followed the issue (which I suspect you may not have from your response), you may not be familiar with these situations because most displaced have to sign waivers that they will not go public with their plight in order to receive severance pay...
Tech Businesses wants cheaper labor ...Just like Chamber of Commerce wants cheap lawn care, housekeepers, etc...
So we implement tariffs because don’t want to be undercut by China for goods, yet it is OK to undercut US workers? Seems inconsistent to me.
We need to do a better job of training our students and unemployed to take these positions rather than bringing in cheap foreign labor that prevents a living wage for middle class US citizens.
I do know what I am complaining about. It is BAD POLICY!
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Your post contains nothing about Trumps planned changes.
Why are you against his changes? You want to keep the present system?
Very informative post. Sheds quite a different light on this H1B thing.
I especially your thoughts here:
“So we implement tariffs because dont want to be undercut by China for goods, yet it is OK to undercut US workers?”
Great point.