Both sides are wrong about H-1B visas. There is a lot of abuse, but they really are necessary to fill positions where there is a shortage of candidates, and no, if you have 1000 American wastewater system engineers but need 2000 wastewater system engineers, "just raise salaries" doesn't magically create more of them.
Both sides are wrong about H-1B visas. There is a lot of abuse, but they really are necessary to fill positions where there is a shortage of candidates, and no, if you have 1000 American wastewater system engineers but need 2000 wastewater system engineers, "just raise salaries" doesn't magically create more of them.
Sure it does. People train for the jobs that pay the most, assuming they can reasonably get the job.
Sure it does. People train for the jobs that pay the most, assuming they can reasonably get the job.
And what is more American than thinking that all workers with the same training are interchangable, replacable cogs, with noboby better than anyone else?
(This belief is held by libertarians, so by definition it cannot possibly be socialist! QED)
Yes, this is half a joke. Only half because it's also far too true.
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Both sides are wrong about H-1B visas. There is a lot of abuse, but they really are necessary to fill positions where there is a shortage of candidates, and no, if you have 1000 American wastewater system engineers but need 2000 wastewater system engineers, "just raise salaries" doesn't magically create more of them.
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Both sides are wrong about H-1B visas. There is a lot of abuse, but they really are necessary to fill positions where there is a shortage of candidates, and no, if you have 1000 American wastewater system engineers but need 2000 wastewater system engineers, "just raise salaries" doesn't magically create more of them.
Sure it does. People train for the jobs that pay the most, assuming they can reasonably get the job.
Re:bah (Score:2)
Sure it does. People train for the jobs that pay the most, assuming they can reasonably get the job.
And what is more American than thinking that all workers with the same training are interchangable, replacable cogs, with noboby better than anyone else?
(This belief is held by libertarians, so by definition it cannot possibly be socialist! QED)
Yes, this is half a joke. Only half because it's also far too true.
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