Those pathetic buildings (public and private) that we pass off for schools that are nothing more than glorified daycares and about as capable of preparing American youth for the global economy as Jerry Springer,
Universities that are to pre-occupied with doing corporate research and subsidizing it that it has become to expensive for most families to put their children through university for professional degree (If Bayer wants to give Guinea Pigs Herpes, they can do it with their own money)
America has to import so many professionals because we can't produce our own. I have many H1-B's on my staff because I NEED THEM.
You hear so much about the scores of unemployed skilled workers, okay lets have a look at these unemployed people, most of them are obsolete or .com refugees
If you are obsolete that isn't my problem, you might be a great FORTRAN developer, but we don't use Fortran and have not used it for quite some time.
As for the .com brats, don't get me started on this group of primadonnas... try don't seem to have any conception of how things work in the real world, $40,000 and full benefits for entry level information technology is very competitive. And these punks look at me like I just propositioned them. Mr.Purple Goatee doesn't understand in the real world you don't get paid $80,000 a year to make web pages and expect them to come to work before 2:00 in the afternoon!
America has to make a choice, we can continue with our international discrace of an education system and continue to let our publically funded universities subsidize a trillion dollar industry and in a few generations we will look like a British Colony in the 19th Century as a result of making it impossible for American youth to have a competitive education.
In the 21st Century we are educating American youth the same way we did in the 19th Century? am I the only one who sees a problem with this?
If you don't like H1-B visas then pull your kids out of school and send them to a country that knows how to educate their children
Contrary to popular belief companies do not save money with H1-B visa's, it costs a fortune to bring a person over here, we do it because we don't have a choice.
If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance
You're obviously not a conservative, because conservatives oppose corporate welfare. What are you doing on FreeRepublic?
My understanding is that, per CFO mag (a pro-H-1B publication), an H-1B costs a company about $6000 per head. Given that H-1B's work for 10-25% below the market rate that an American would work for, that's a net savings to the company in salary expense. The H-1B visa fee is $1000.
As for my own job security, I'm not worried. My skills are up to date. The only threat to my job would be an unmarried worker -- a local or H-1B -- willing to work my job for less money.
You don't need H-1Bs. Employers just justify that so they can abstain from hiring qualified Americans who might demand more of a salary. I'd be willing to bet that for every H-1B on your staff, there is a merit-qualified American within a 10 mile radius (if you're in a large city) who'd do the job for 15% more salary than your H-1B.
The CFO magazine is the smoking gun. They admit that H-1B is about one thing -- cheap labor.