I would like to clarify something here. "As it is, we have waaaay toooo many illegals who > don't contribute to the tax pot but still take tax dollars out of it > for their social services." - This may be true with "Illegal" workers but > with the H1B workers, it is the other way round. They pay their taxes on par > with Joe the American, sometimes more as they may not have their families > with them here. Above all They ALL pay Social Security taxes, which they will > never get any thing out of it!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NF] Raising the cap on H-1B visas MB Software Solutions <> wrote: > It's short-sighted thinking, imo. It's purely for the sake of next > quarter's profits instead of investing in a better American worker > infrastructure. And let's face it...they know that foreign > employment standards are not the same as the US, and they probably > can get away with a lot more whereas over here, their overhead costs > would be much higher. Note: That's purely a WAG on gut-feeling and > not researched. Foregin workers tend to get more done then American ones, or so say the Foreginers. > Interesting choice of words: "steal." As long as Joe Foreigner pays > the same tax dollars into the American economy, I don't have as big a > complaint with it. As it is, we have waaaay toooo many illegals who > don't contribute to the tax pot but still take tax dollars out of it > for their social services. Others could make a case for that better > than I could, I'm sure. So as long as the taxes are paid it's good to the government. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "A good way to judge people is by observing how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good." ---Unknown http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.36/681 - Release Date: 2/11/2007 6:50 PM [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
