The H1B issue: Yes, American workers, YOU DO QUALIFY FOR THAT JOB.

[SteveSmithCharlotte]

123. Zalatix, this thread is a monument to why labor is screwed in this country ....

Man you really set forth that case.

Reading the responses to your post in an allegedly "progressive" forum, you can see why organized labor is powerless and dying. You can see why the American middle class is getting squeezed.

In a right wing forum, you'd be bombarded with posts about "free trade."
In this forum, you get bombarded with politically-correct posts about "racism."

The average American gets squeezed on both sides.

If calling for an immigration system that works for ordinary Americans is "racist" we can just pack it in and go home.

I know 2 people who have been replaced by foreign workers on H-1B visas THREE TIMES. Many TWO TIMES. How do you have the American dream when, out of the blue, you can be kicked out of your job on the street?

It is impossible for a union to organize technology workers if it can simply replace those workers with foreign workers.
It is impossible for a union to organize meat packers, if it can simply hire illegal aliens.