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My daughter sent me this!
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact
that Barrack Obama is our President, and that our taxes, and
government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these
increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.
Since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal
state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees
instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are
family here and I didn’t know how to choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found
six Obama bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have decided
these folks will be the ones to let go. I can’t think of a more fair
way to approach this problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic
If you think it's bad now, just wait. We have just experienced a bloodless coup ( so far) in the model of Hugo Chavez. Just remember, all this stuff will have to be dismantled in order to get our country back. There will be blood!
It may seem a small thing to require a bank to hire certain people and reject others, but just think of how deep this could go if the government decides who gets and doesn't get the money. Just think if AIG went to a bank and asked for a loan. Nobody would give it money but the government. GM will get the money just a payoff to the unions, not because they think they will ever see the money again.
As far as I am concerned, ANY BUSINESS that receives ANY FORM of government subsidy should EMPLOY AMERICANS FIRST!!!
“.....highly skilled immigrants.....”
What dog food!
Our current policy allows almost ALL foreign graduate students to work for 2 years in the USA after graduation.
In general, the policy applies to all business, law, medical, science, and engineering students.
In general, these graduates are still in their in twenties and have extremely limited real world work experience.
These foreign students attend tax subsidized American universities, they are frequently paid graduate student stipends while in school, and they directly compete with home grown American graduates for a limited number of entry level positions.
Many of these foreign graduates become permanent Green Card residents after their two year “probation.”
On balance, considering all variables, having these well educated foreign residents living in the USA is probably a net positive for our economy.
However, there are definitely costs for home grown Americans.
Namely, fewer grad school openings, fewer entry level job openings, and lower starting pay.
Translation: They fired a bunch of Americans and want cheaper foreign workers. (I mean really, "redundat", that's rich).
A huge part of this issue originates from the American University system. Here in Madison, there are multiple graduate programs that do not have a SINGLE American student enrolled. This is a state university, remember.
I am very familiar with an MBA program, noted for their economics, that is heavily, heavily comprised of foreign students, probably about half. At a private university, it is less of an affront because it is not all taxpaper funded. However, it does present the same issue.
Universities argue that American students are not up to the academic standards. There are a lot of undergraduate students who are being educated at these same schools to qualify. It seems that if that were the true argument, they should be looking in the mirror.