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I’m sure there are layoffs at Disney and other places and I’m sure there are H1Bs filling the gaps. But that’s not the issue. The issue is its politicization at this time because it has ALWAYS been an issue in one form of the other over decades.

So this is recycled trash designed to foment a wedge issue for the 2016 elections.

And that’s why I tell the NY Times to go F’themselves.

There are two general avatars of American born workers. One is the hard working, smart, always having a competitive edge to fill a vital function. Another is the slob who is always looking for ‘job security’ and how to screw the system so they can get it easy while sitting in a job that can be done much more economically through other venues.

So there is no ‘right answer’ that is right here. Note that.

What is of concern is the H1B visa holders running out the clock to get a green card. That’s a whole lot of workers from India that become eligible for citizenship. And these people from India are often an asset to America but the problem is there are so many of them. India has close to 2 billion people and 100 million + are educated enough to do the ‘high level monkey work’ that is IT. And we have chain immigration to boot.

IT is VOCATIONAL HIGH LEVEL MONKEY WORK. If you can read and tap at a keyboard you can be an IT Tech in as little as 6 months with vocational training. These are not jobs for Einstein. You don’t need the brain of an Aristotle to do these worker bee jobs. Sure there are those that have valuable IT experience but many have built a lot of job security while demanding $150k salaries. Companies can’t compete carrying that kind of overhead especially in such industries as the airline industry.

As for Disney, the last I checked it cost around $500 + to take a family of 3 to the park for a day. F’em. I could care less if they go under and go bankrupt. They could restructure the mountains of debt they’ve taken on and fire over half of the executive ranks and I could care less what happens to their whining IT workers.

American jobs that are secure and high paying are those that you can’t transmit in bytes and bits. Jobs like plumber, electrician, heavy equipment operator, etc. Those jobs require years of on-the-job training and they are vital and secure in addition to paying well.

And yes Senator Cruz needs a little calibration on H1B but at least he listens and acts. For example, on the Trade Deal it was Senator Sessions that informed him that Obama was planning an end run around immigration and the current preliminary injunction on DAPA and DACA. What did Senator Cruz do when he had the information? He immediately filed an amendment to the trade bill to stop the end run around.

When/If you see Senator Cruz on the campaign trail, talk to him about your concerns on this H1B problem. He will listen and he will act. But just be warned that this issue does not have a clearcut answer or policy solution because some American workers are f’ing useless and work only to make their job obscure and inaccessible like some IT workers. F’em!

I hate unions and IT worker unions are just as bad as others. Look what Reagan did to PACO and look what he did to the automobile industry that was abusive, inefficient and intransigent.

Watch this film to get an accurate idea of what I am talking about:

http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/gungho.htm

And what was the result of Reagan’s policy of allowing the Japanese to expand in America? The result was a big kick in the ass to auto unions and American worker mentality. And what was the result of that kick in the ass? American manufactures and workers shaped up and started out competing the Japanese.

Same dynamic is in play here.