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gabbar says

Elon is right about himself and for himself only; he cannot have a short term and self interested view on this. WTF

If this is a real tweet, it's a bit short sighted. He doesn't exist without America. Someone else would have figured out all his companies at some point.

Electric golf carts have existed for around 50 years I believe. He just scaled up existing tech. Tunnels have been built forever, again borrowed tech. Space X is maybe the only argument he did something unique. Reality is someone would have done it anyway that was natively born in America.

I like Musk, but he's showing his ego here. I know likely 200 engineers that could work for him that are Americans. A few have done award winning work nationally. This is just who I know. He just wants slave labor from poor countries that got educated. Does it work for him, likely yes, but it doesn't work for the citizens you built your companies in. That's a tweet I'd delete. Though I don't know what is real or fake anymore.

The answer is easy: require all H1b salaries to be a minimum of a $500,000 per year.

If the person really is a star, the company will pay it.

If the company is really just trying to shortchange American workers, the person will not be hired.

Done.

Great Thread: Salary breakdown shows the vast number of H1Bs are for lower-middle band job ranges, not the top tier of elite experts.
https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/1873174742129361084

Patrick Bet-David's H1B worker


Nobody in the State of Florida would do Graphic Design for Valuetainment ... at the price multimillionaire Bet-David wanted to optimally pay.

For the memes:

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

mell says

Trump has said forever that the H1B program is abuse and needs to at the minimum be severely curtailed if not abandoned

He says a lot of things.

Elon is coming around.

Trump should talk specifically about imposing a high wage requirement for H1B visas.

But as usual, Trump does not speak clearly enough.

Patrick says

But as usual, Trump does not speak clearly enough.

Sometimes, it's deliberate. Let them stew. Very Torunaga (Shogun, the Book)

Patrick says

Trump should talk specifically about imposing a high wage requirement for H1B visas.

But as usual, Trump does not speak clearly enough.

Oh @Patrick

AmericanKulak says

Sometimes, it's deliberate. Let them stew. Very Torunaga (Shogun, the Book)

It is deliberate. He is a sharp. And ruthless. Imo.

Elon is carpet-banning Twatter users who disagree with him on the H1B issue.

OUR KNIGHT OF FREE SPEECH IN SHINING ARMOR!!!!

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Patrick says

Trump should talk specifically about imposing a high wage requirement for H1B visas.

But as usual, Trump does not speak clearly enough.

Oh Patrick

He's backpedalling after getting a new asshole ripped on Twatter.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

This reads like that 90s paper did that I can't find anymore on the interwebs. Interestingly, someone I worked with in biotech sent it to me back in the day.

RWSGFY says

He's backpedalling after getting a new asshole ripped on Twatter.

I think it is because he got bitchslapped by the Trump peeps.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Its about management of people/society, as Edward Bernays, the pioneer and author of modern Propaganda said.

Booger says

Careful there, @Booger ->> https://patrick.net/comment?comment_id=2130306

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

The National Science Foundation published a secret report in the late 80s TRYING to push down the cost of PostDocs... H1B was the result.

Patrick says

American born and trained engineers are substantially better. One friend is retiring in January. He's got nationally recognized projects in road building.

The Hoover dam is just cool though. Been there about 5-6 times. Did the tour inside as a kid. Was there when the new bridge was being built. I can't even comprehend the engineering behind that build. Needed to be done though. I wasn't driving, but I can at least say I rode across the top of it in a car.

Aren't most H1B's tech sector anyway? I haven't met a infrastructure engineer from India or China. I know one Asian in that field, but he's an American citizen.

This cannot be America, this cannot be happening in America, no American can participate in this and call himself/herself American. If President Trump cares (he has already spoken in support of H1B), he should shut down H1B on January 20th and then revisit the program with Elon, Homan, Vivek etc.

WookieMan says

Aren't most H1B's tech sector anyway?

Tons in biotech.They can work as academic slave labor, but are always trying to get industry to sponsor them for a better paying job. Industry does not need them. There are plenty of qualified citizens looking for work.