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Elwood P Dowd

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38. Glad people like you weren't around and cheerleading for destroying American jobs

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #34)

Wed Apr 29, 2015, 02:00 PM

Apr 2015

and driving down wages back when I started work as a young man.

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Fury rises at Disney over use of foreign workers [View all] n2doc Apr 2015 OP

It's time to put a stop to this, and protect American workers. Globalists Zorra Apr 2015 #1

But reports that Disney uses E&Y to route profits to Luxembourg, paying 0.75% tax, doesn't anger? nt TheBlackAdder Apr 2015 #58

If we have free trade in goods and cash, we should have free movement of workers. Romulox Apr 2015 #2

'Free movement of workers'... Most workers have no interest in moving. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #4

Right. And nobody in Detroit had an interest in NAFTA. But it's what we support, as a party. Romulox Apr 2015 #5

I eagerly await my new job in Bangladeshi. L0oniX Apr 2015 #13

If workers don't demand that, then they are complicit in the bloodsucking. closeupready Apr 2015 #21

It's a small world after all... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #3

Why isn't this Faux pas Apr 2015 #6

Hillary Clinton reaffirms support for more H-1B visas antigop Apr 2015 #7

April, 2014...Hillary pushes for an increase in the H-1b visa limit antigop Apr 2015 #8

Isn't this illegal on its face? Sanity Claws Apr 2015 #9

Exactly. treestar Apr 2015 #16

So-Cal Edison is our imagination? One_Life_To_Give Apr 2015 #18

Yes, or it's a propaganda story treestar Apr 2015 #23

I have direct knowledge of a certain company that just failed to hire a qualified person MH1 Apr 2015 #25

It takes a lot of trouble to get an H-1B treestar Apr 2015 #44

I think you miss out on many of the games that are played... cascadiance Apr 2015 #51

I don't mind people arguing against the program treestar Apr 2015 #52

These practices have been going on now for well over a decade or so... cascadiance Apr 2015 #54

I have to agree with treestar R.A. Ganoush Apr 2015 #56

Perhaps many would rather get a green card or citizenship instead... cascadiance Apr 2015 #59

Transparently, obviously, patently untrue BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #45

The law treestar Apr 2015 #48

Loopholes BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #49

Is that dry sarcasim? Can't tell Telcontar Apr 2015 #50

I don't know why being illegal would stop them n2doc Apr 2015 #31

The next SONY in the making... jberryhill Apr 2015 #10

you mean like easter eggs? KittyWampus Apr 2015 #20

Not a good move for Disney. Baitball Blogger Apr 2015 #11

It's always about money...knr joeybee12 Apr 2015 #12

They have to get permission from the government to hire an H-1B treestar Apr 2015 #14

If they hire contractors instead, then when getting rid of contractors, these aren't "layoffs"... cascadiance Apr 2015 #53

Been through this in our community. The fired workers need to look into the treatment of the H-1B jwirr Apr 2015 #15

don't take it out on the workers take it out on disney dembotoz Apr 2015 #17

And Hillary Clinton should have to answer for this. It's inexcusable on so many levels. KittyWampus Apr 2015 #19

I know senator Sanders will bring it up donnasgirl Apr 2015 #30

Thanks for the vid BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #46

Hell, he speaks to my heart here! cascadiance Apr 2015 #55

. Rex Apr 2015 #22

This is a poorly written article by someone who does not know much about immigration law WilmywoodNCparalegal Apr 2015 #24

Thanks for this. I am probably guilty of conflating the two. MH1 Apr 2015 #26

I agree, but it doesn't mean that H-1B jobs are all hugs and puppies either. eggplant Apr 2015 #28

But, but the US has a STEM shortage!!!1!!1!!!! riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #27

It does have a STEM shortage. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #33

Disney fired US workers and brought in visa workers riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #39

Ok. Not sure what that has to do with STEM, though. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #40

The "T" stands for "technology" in STEM riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #57

figures heaven05 Apr 2015 #29

If this thread is any indication, we have swung so far to the left on this issue, ... Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #32

Well when you don't have a leg to stand on n2doc Apr 2015 #35

Nope. Non sequitur much? Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #37

Glad some of you folks weren't around in the early 1900s when immigrants were pouring in. Hoyt Apr 2015 #34

Because of course it is the exact SAME THING! n/t n2doc Apr 2015 #36

Plenty of haters then, and many hated because of job fears. Hoyt Apr 2015 #42

Glad people like you weren't around and cheerleading for destroying American jobs Elwood P Dowd Apr 2015 #38

I'm old and still working, taking jobs I guess. Sorry, I welcome immigrants and don't see them Hoyt Apr 2015 #41

This is NOT about immigration BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #47

kick Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #43