really? you think quoting a French liberal somehow gives you credence or undermines my point?
I have made these decisions myself. I have hired people to work 60 hrs/wk for an average of $500/month, overseas. domestically, I have hired the contract agencies instead of the American kid, for far less then the employee. I have friends that have bought homes and managed their own L-3s by running the group home.
this is not fanciful. this is fact. in 2000 when billy-bob passed the H1-b visa bill, there were 5m americans in the US. as of last year when last saw the stat, the number was down to 1.5m Americans. the number of visas held are in the millions and the number of jobs off-shored are also most likely in the millions. I was speaking with a guy last week who manages a plant in shezshing (sp?) china. they manufacture smart phones. how many at that location? he said they have 300,000 working in that city. that’s just one company
I can only tell you how it is now. this is not conjecture. explain why anyone would ever hire a person for more the bare wages when there is an endless supply of workers able to be trained
“there were 5m americans in the US. as of last year when last saw the stat, the number was down to 1.5m Americans”
that was supposed to say “5m Americans in the US IT sector” and “down to 1.5m Americans in the IT sector”
sorry ‘bout that
You are the first person I’ve ever heard call Bastiat a “liberal”, in the modern sense. There are good arguments for restricting trade and immigration, nobody here seems to be making them.