It works like this, American computer worker wants starting salary of $ 60,000. Computer company brings in H-1B worker who would be willing to work for $ 45,000. American worker wants the job, company suggest offering a starting salary of $ 40,000 to send the H-1B worker home. When practice becomes widespread, $ 40,000 is now norm starting salary, except the company will get a H-1B worker willing to work for $ 30,000. If American worker does not want to be replaced, company suggests that US worker accept a salary of $ 25,000 or be replaced. Maybe you should start talking to high tech workers and find out what has been happening to them. If there is no future in high tech, manufacturing and service jobs, is the only lucrative job left drug dealer?
"It works like this, American computer worker wants starting salary of $ 60,000."
How about this: We get the federal goverment to *force* the private sector to pay computer programmers/workers $60,000 a year.
Oh wait, isn't that statism? And doesn't statism drive down everyones' standard of living?
"If there is no future in high tech, manufacturing and service jobs, is the only lucrative job left drug dealer?"
Populist hyperbole. Not truth.