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To: ConservingFreedom; Praxeologue; Sirius Lee; C19fan; 2ndDivisionVet; papertyger; xzins
Here's another one that might shed light on the contrary claims:

The principle finding is that there is a relative shortage of U.S. workers with STEM skills. In other words, STEM skills are in high demand relative to supply, and the problem is especially acute in certain metropolitan areas, where the average vacancy for STEM workers takes months to fill,” Rothwell added.

Report Claims HUGE Shortage Of STEM Workers(daily caller 7/1/2014)/

Immigrants are much more willing to move to the jobs than Americans, for obvious reasons.

My next door neighbor moved here from India 6 years ago and just got his wife and kids here recently, he says he got an IT job for Social Security and Medicare.

147 posted on 03/26/2015 7:52:44 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: sickoflibs; Praxeologue; Sirius Lee; C19fan; 2ndDivisionVet; papertyger; xzins
there is a relative shortage of U.S. workers with STEM skills.

Yes, RELATIVE - in other words, this could equally well mean there's a labor oversupply in the other fields.

the problem is especially acute in certain metropolitan areas

So rather than employers in those areas sweetening the pot for relocation from the next state, we should import Third World standards of living from halfway around the world?

154 posted on 03/26/2015 8:48:45 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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