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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: It isn't really that hard [View all]

NRQ891

(217 posts)
5. 'the important things seems to be to stick a thumb in local workers'
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:59 AM
Dec 2016

Last edited Mon Dec 5, 2016, 02:17 PM - Edit history (3)

it's more simple than that - they're indentured servants. Who's easier to bargain with? A free person who can offer what they have to you (or someone else) and negotiate with you, or someone who's indentured to you?

negotiating is a tough part of life, and if an amoral person can avoid that nuisance by to some degree 'owning' the other party, they will.

plus, excess H-1b visas flood the market in the favor of the employer

and they allow an employer to privatize the gains of a public asset (the right to immigrate), by letting them into the country in the first place(on the H-1b visa) , then string them along while indentured with 'support' for a green card (another public asset). I've seen countless co workers jerked around by the green card game, to keep them in line and undercut my bargaining power. And Hillary's record on all of this H-1b visas and outsourcing is HORRIBLE, and the attitude of Hillary's supporters toward anyone concerned about it was pretty much this



(it's unreal that many here complaining about her loss still have that animated graphic, clearly designed to gloat about her victory - how tone deaf can you get?)

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