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No surprise here. Trump folds again, this time on H1-B
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2018 Jan 9, 5:45am 6,130 views 19 comments
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anonymous
2018 Jan 9, 5:57am
Hope and Change 2016 let down again
Big Surprise!!
But at least he’s trolling the media and has #Fake News awards on deck. Very important President stuff. Bigly
Big Surprise!!
But at least he’s trolling the media and has #Fake News awards on deck. Very important President stuff. Bigly
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Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 6:12am
Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 6:12am
Tim Aurora says
That's like choosing between heroine and alcohol. I choose alcohol.
Even if the companies stay here they could move departments out of the country, or just outsource.
You have two choices. Move the tech guys here or move the companies out to their country. Pick your poison.
That's like choosing between heroine and alcohol. I choose alcohol.
Even if the companies stay here they could move departments out of the country, or just outsource.
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Tenpoundbass
2018 Jan 9, 6:13am
Tenpoundbass
2018 Jan 9, 6:13am
No where in that article does Trump Tweet his intentions to pull out.
This isn't the first time the Media tried to put change of heart words in Trumps mouth, only for him to deny it later.
This isn't the first time the Media tried to put change of heart words in Trumps mouth, only for him to deny it later.
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bob2356
2018 Jan 9, 6:37am
Tim Aurora says
Absolute crap. There are plenty of US tech guys. There aren't plenty of US tech guys willing to work longs hour cheaply.
You have two choices. Move the tech guys here or move the companies out to their country. Pick your poison.
Absolute crap. There are plenty of US tech guys. There aren't plenty of US tech guys willing to work longs hour cheaply.
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Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 6:47am
Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 6:47am
bob2356 says
This is why companies would move overseas to stay competitive.
There aren't plenty of US tech guys willing to work longs hour cheaply.
This is why companies would move overseas to stay competitive.
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Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 7:00am
Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 7:00am
HappyGilmore says
Call it what you will. The fact is a profit seeking company will find loopholes to get around regulations. When the product is a bunch of electrons, it can be exported or imported at the push of a button, from anywhere to everywhere.
Strategist says
This is why companies would move overseas to stay competitive.
Race to the bottom!!
Call it what you will. The fact is a profit seeking company will find loopholes to get around regulations. When the product is a bunch of electrons, it can be exported or imported at the push of a button, from anywhere to everywhere.
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HappyGilmore
2018 Jan 9, 7:02am
Strategist says
So you close the loopholes, you don't give up.
The fact is a profit seeking company will find loopholes to get around regulations.
So you close the loopholes, you don't give up.
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Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 7:04am
Strategist
2018 Jan 9, 7:04am
HappyGilmore says
Sure, it's a piece of cake. We can't stop drugs and people coming into the country, but we can stop electrons?
Strategist saysThe fact is a profit seeking company will find loopholes to get around regulations.
So you close the loopholes, you don't give up.
Sure, it's a piece of cake. We can't stop drugs and people coming into the country, but we can stop electrons?
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bob2356
2018 Jan 9, 8:35am
Tim Aurora says
Talk to me about Disney. Or southern california edison. or northeast utilities. or any of the other companies where US workers have trained their outsourced replacements. Are you seriously suggesting they were training their own replacements because the us workers already doing the work weren't available to do their own jobs? The H!-b is supposed to be to find foreign workers with skills that aren't available from a US worker (of which there are very, very few), not to displace people for lower wages.
They are paid standard wages if they are a direct company hire. How much do the outsourcing companies pay? What are standard wages for the india based companies bringing people in on an outsourcing basis?
You do know that all these H1-B Tech guys get paid "standard wages" , mostly above $100K and some as much as $200K. Granted that sometimes they are are taken advantage of but still they are being paid handsomely.
Talk to me about Disney. Or southern california edison. or northeast utilities. or any of the other companies where US workers have trained their outsourced replacements. Are you seriously suggesting they were training their own replacements because the us workers already doing the work weren't available to do their own jobs? The H!-b is supposed to be to find foreign workers with skills that aren't available from a US worker (of which there are very, very few), not to displace people for lower wages.
They are paid standard wages if they are a direct company hire. How much do the outsourcing companies pay? What are standard wages for the india based companies bringing people in on an outsourcing basis?
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HappyGilmore
2018 Jan 10, 8:33am
Booger says
Nope. Real news.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2018/01/09/h-1b-relief-for-indian-workers-us-says-no-change-in-h-1b-extension-policy
Trump folded like a cheap suit again... How soon til he announces he's leaving NAFTA as is?
Yep, fake news.
Nope. Real news.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2018/01/09/h-1b-relief-for-indian-workers-us-says-no-change-in-h-1b-extension-policy
Trump folded like a cheap suit again... How soon til he announces he's leaving NAFTA as is?
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zzyzzx
2018 Jan 10, 8:37am
zzyzzx
2018 Jan 10, 8:37am
Strategist says
We could if we really wanted to. It's been done before.
We can't stop drugs and people coming into the country,
We could if we really wanted to. It's been done before.
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anotheraccount
2018 Jan 10, 3:33pm
anotheraccount
2018 Jan 10, 3:33pm
HappyGilmore says
Not gonna happen. Bannon is not there anymore.
Trump folded like a cheap suit again... How soon til he announces he's leaving NAFTA as is?
Not gonna happen. Bannon is not there anymore.
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WatermelonUniversity
2018 Jan 10, 9:42pm
WatermelonUniversity
2018 Jan 10, 9:42pm
like i said BigPileOfSh*T isn't going to do sh*t.
all he cares is tax cuts for his companies and friends.
all he cares is tax cuts for his companies and friends.
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anonymous
2018 Jan 11, 7:14am
anotheraccount says
He’s going to change NAFTA to include the worst parts of the TPP. Then his work will be done
HappyGilmore saysTrump folded like a cheap suit again... How soon til he announces he's leaving NAFTA as is?
Not gonna happen. Bannon is not there anymore.
He’s going to change NAFTA to include the worst parts of the TPP. Then his work will be done
"WASHINGTON
Under intense pressure from the business and technology communities, the Trump administration appears to be backing away from a policy change that could have forced foreign tech workers out of the country."