Steve, we have the uni-party. Go to Washington to get rich. I'm sure
that effected policy and that is why so much is off shored.
Liz Chaney entered congress worth $2mill and 4 years later was worth
$4mil. Nancy Pelosi entered politics worth $3mil, 30 years ago and is
worth $300mil today. Just two examples.
Bad representation leads to bad policy.
On 2025-07-03 04:30, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:45:25 -0700
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
Hi,
"Between May and June, Microsoft laid off 2,300 employees in
Washington alone, including 817 software engineers ... During the
same period, Microsoft submitted 6,327 H-1B visa requests for
software engineer roles matching the same job titles and location as
those affected by the layoffs" - As far as I know this is illegal.
About 16 years ago I was on the Tucson Free Unix List and made a post
about H1B visas. I was met with a reply of "what's the matter are
you afraid of someone more skilled". I expect there are folks on
this list that fee the same way.
H1B visas are bad for our country especially when there are plenty of
skilled people right here.
About 15 years ago, when GoLUG still had in-person meetings, we used to
have "the meeting after the meeting" where we'd go to a restaurant and
talk. We had Democrats, Republicans, an Athiest/Libertarian, a guy who
raged against the Luminatis and Federal Reserve. The subject of H-1Bs
came up, and every single person at the table said H-1Bs shouldn't
exist because Americans need good jobs to pay the rent and the insane
levels of health insurance (this was before Obamacare, when one bad
measurement meant you paid a fortune if you could get insured at all).
You know, around that time I flew to Canada to give my Universal
Troubleshooting Process course. You know what the customs officer asked
me? He asked "you mean to tell me there's no Canadian who can do what
you're doing?" Now luckily, I was one of two companies (both American)
worldwide doing what I was doing, but Canada was quite ready to cancel
my 4 day course in Saskatuan to protect Canadian workers. The US should
be more like that.
SteveT
Steve Litt
Spring 2023 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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