The voters can't reconcile taxes and investing in the nation's education makes a better society. Most hate the idea their money will be spent on someone else or the government will waste it - lots of mistrust with govt which is understandable.Are you kidding? Trump is the magic man. He even has fairy godmother Bannon waving his magic wand to transform the nation into the promised land. WTF? You want them to educate people? Who needs education? It costs too much. /sarcasm
GOOD!
A lot of these tech companies have been using the H1B, to keep wages low, by hiring overseas.
How many stories have we seen recently, where they outsource, or replace workers with H1B types
and force the soon to be fired workers to train their cheaper replacements? All the while, keeping
their stock price high, and or board members rich. THAT needs to stop, and stop NOW.
Yes, if there are not QUALIFIED candidates, that's one thing, but if there is a qualified person here in the
states to do the job, but you can outsource it for 1/4 of the price, that should NOT be allowed!
The USA is one of the leaders in technology because we hire the best of the best, this is blow to innovation.
american society is very harsh that way, isnt it?The voters can't reconcile taxes and investing in the nation's education makes a better society. Most hate the idea their money will be spent on someone else or the government will waste it - lots of mistrust with govt which is understandable.Are you kidding? Trump is the magic man. He even has fairy godmother Bannon waving his magic wand to transform the nation into the promised land. WTF? You want them to educate people? Who needs education? It costs too much. /sarcasm
Diversity isn't a bad thing you know... You guys sound xenophobic.
Very true, the issue I think people have with it is when I a American worker who was educated in the US wants $80,000 a year the company can grab a employee from India that is at the same level of education and pay them $50-60,000 a year. I don't know how big of a problem it is, but I know from friends in the industry it happens.It's a double edged sword. While you would want to give your own citizens first crack at the market, you'd also want the best person for that job. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
There's another very big reason companies here hire foreigners. It's to actually protect American jobs. (Wait.. what?)
My company has a number of programmers from India - many on H1-B Visas. They come here for around 18 months and rotate home or somewhere else in the company. It's called a flexible staffing model. The reason for this is because when something like a 2008 financial crisis comes around a grand total of ZERO Americans get laid off, because you're able to just drop contractors. The Americans get stable jobs and job security, the Indians get to make great money as well and both pay tax to the USA.
There's also the issue of talent. We can't find enough Americans to do all the work we need. We NEED help from foreigners.
Not to mention - many of the H1-B Visa holders turn into green card holders and live here permanently. We also need this. America has way too many older people drawing from social security and way to few young people working. We need to increase the tax paying population in this country - especially after 8 years of hopeless economy left people sitting on the couch collecting benefits.
I couldn't agree with you more even if I tried to."America has way too many older people drawing from social security......"
You should chop that comment to pieces. It is the same comment in Australia from the younger generation, get this, OLDER PEOPLE PAID TAXES ALL THEIR LIVES!
They are drawing their own money from social security, they shed blood, sweat, and tears, & they fought in wars to keep you, and people like you living in a free country, eating a vast choice of good food, freedom to walk and talk in the street, watch TV and all the other things you take for granted ...... YOU owe THEM a living with a pension.
"America has way too many older people drawing from social security......"
You should chop that comment to pieces. It is the same comment in Australia from the younger generation, get this, OLDER PEOPLE PAID TAXES ALL THEIR LIVES!
They are drawing their own money from social security, they shed blood, sweat, and tears, & they fought in wars to keep you, and people like you living in a free country, eating a vast choice of good food, freedom to walk and talk in the street, watch TV and all the other things you take for granted ...... YOU owe THEM a living with a pension.