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Giant immigration bill seeks to double H1-B visas
Hindustan Times ^
| March 14, 2006
Posted on 03/14/2006 8:24:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Whatever happened to Invest in America (and Americans)?
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:27:15 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: nickcarraway
Every H1-B visa is an opportunity for a skilled high-wage job a US citizen doesn't get.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:27:49 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Nobody would have cared if the UAE wanted to buy Macy's...)
To: nickcarraway
You can't bring in tech workers right now.
Good. Sick and tired of seeing friends in tech get downsized because Hadji, Sudhir, Mohammed, and Farquad will work 10 hours more per week for 25% less comp. per year.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:31:42 PM PST
by
peyton randolph
(As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
To: thoughtomator
Oh don't worry. Those high paying, secure jobs are "jobs Americans won't do!"
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:33:10 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: nickcarraway
The provisions for highly skilled workers enjoy support in both parties in the Senate and in the Bush administration after
a raft of high-profile studies have warned that the United States is not producing enough math and science students and is in danger of losing its global edge in innovation to India and China.
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Whose gosh-dammed fault is that? The same Congre$$ that sits on its dead arse while we are invaded across 2 borders constantly, yet rewards all comers with benefits and then wonders why it can't teach Johnny to read as it cares for a fifth of Mexico's and other countries donor "migrants" to the US ? It's called Priorities.. this country needs to get some before it has no options left... nor any elected officials willing to go to bat for America FiRst and not the global vision thing.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:34:25 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: nickcarraway
Ah! Now I understand what an immigration bill is all about. Silly me, I thought it was meant to restrict immigration. Instead, it means, LET EM IN! AS MANY AS WILL FIT TO GIVE AWAY OUR PARENTS LEGACY AND OUR INHERITENCE!
Our politicians SUCK! EVERY FARKIN ONE OF EM!
I think the Dems are right. Big Business and their country own and run this country, NOT, "We The People". We don't count for squat!
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:34:35 PM PST
by
America's Resolve
(I've become a 'single issue voter' for 06 and 08. My issue is illegal immigration!)
To: thoughtomator
Every H1-B visa is an opportunity for a skilled high-wage job a US citizen doesn't get. The flip side:
Every H1-B visa is an opportunity for an American business to bring a product to service to market at a lower cost with a better chance of success.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:34:53 PM PST
by
staytrue
To: America's Resolve
Duh! "and their MONEY", not country
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:35:53 PM PST
by
America's Resolve
(I've become a 'single issue voter' for 06 and 08. My issue is illegal immigration!)
To: staytrue
Oh no! Words like this may upset socialists on this board. The next thing you are going to say that capitalism works. Then we both are going to be in trouble.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:37:31 PM PST
by
TopQuark
To: America's Resolve
LET EM IN! AS MANY AS WILL FIT TO GIVE AWAY OUR PARENTS LEGACY AND OUR INHERITENCE! FYI, some recent immigrants include Jerry Yang (Taiwan) co founder of Yahoo and worth 2 billion, Sergei Brin (russia) co founder of Google and worth 12 billion, and Rupert Murdoch, founder of fox news.
None of these guys had anything to do with your parents legacy. In fact, I think they improved on it.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:37:38 PM PST
by
staytrue
To: staytrue
And maybe we get to keep the H-1B worker if he gets his green card, and maybe even gets naturalized as a citizen. We're not talking about produce-pickers, after all.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:38:24 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: staytrue
a lower cost with a better chance of success. And who, pray tell, is going to have the money to be able to purchase said product? Not Americans, and Indians/Chinese etc. don't care about the American economy.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:38:38 PM PST
by
America's Resolve
(I've become a 'single issue voter' for 06 and 08. My issue is illegal immigration!)
To: nickcarraway
Why would anyone in this country want to become skilled anymore if the jobs are going to be given out to cheaper skilled workers from another country?
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:40:04 PM PST
by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: staytrue
FYI, some recent immigrants include Jerry Yang (Taiwan) co founder of Yahoo and worth 2 billion, Sergei Brin (russia) co founder of Google and worth 12 billion, and Rupert Murdoch, founder of fox news. Laugh. If you think this is typical, you're a fool.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:40:13 PM PST
by
America's Resolve
(I've become a 'single issue voter' for 06 and 08. My issue is illegal immigration!)
To: NormsRevenge
And people wonder why you can't get people to major in engineering, bust a** to get a degree, work 60-80 hours a week, live in one of the most expensive places in the country, and have their pay capped by 100k plus a year foreign workers willing to do anything just to live in the US. I did it for 24 years.
I have a friend who's a pilot for a major airline. It's not good times for pilots right now but when I tell him my stories of being an engineer he looks at me like I must have been crazy.
To: America's Resolve
Maybe you can get a job detailing their cars...
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:41:54 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: durasell
Wait a minute. Are these guys paid well enough to have their cars detailed, or not?
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:43:13 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
My point, somewhat obliquely stated, was that this is America. The smartest and most aggressive wins. You shouldn't count on a legacy, which is just another word for the arrogance of sense of entitlement.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:45:28 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: NormsRevenge
Whose gosh-dammed fault is that? Lazy students who don't want to take on the challenge of math and science courses and instead go on to major in women's studies and sociology, that's whose fault it is.
That's right: THE US DOESN'T GRADUATE ENOUGH MATH AND SCIENCE STUDENTS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM AND DON'T WANT THE CHALLENGE. They're used to entitlement, they're used to getting something for nothing, and they sure as heck don't want to hit the books when they can have more time to party, and besides they don't want to be seen as nerds. And that is their perogative.
But don't demand inflated wages just to get a few more Americans interested, when US companies are trying to compete globally. It's the union mentality all over again. Make jobs in the US as high-paying as possible until they all disappear because we're at a competitive disadvantage.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:45:59 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Happy New Year! Breed like dogs!)
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