Musk Advocates to Double H-1B Visas

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MIGA

[Snowball]

Pretty much

glad you agree. In reality, not "free market" fairy tales.

[Philhelm]

Should add a tariff to these H1B workers. Whatever wage they are paid, the company is required to pay an additional 50% that goes to an American citizen fund payable directly to the American people. (And make it so H1B's can never become citizens.)

Then we'll see how many of these H1B's are based on actual skill shortages.

It's definitely not skill shortages. I work in immigration and know a lot about the H-1B visa. The requirement is that it must be a "professional" position for a which a specialized bachelor's degree is normally required (Accountant, Teacher, Doctor, Engineer, Business Manager, etc.). There's no experience requirement and it doesn't even need to be STEM-related. The employers are required to pay a minimum DOL set wage ("prevailing wage") but it is less than the market rate. I detest the argument that they can't find U.S. workers to do these jobs.

[devil21]

It occurs to me that the supply of housing is analogous to the supply of physical gold. There are limitations on how much new supply can be created.

"Gold is too expensive and scarce."
"Just mine some gold."

A huge difference being that no one requires physical gold on a daily basis to live.

you cant generally rehypothecate houses, in practical terms, using paper games though.


hmmm, or can you? let's see if houses have been rehypothecated and who is -legal- owner?

<disputes between boomer rent seeking owners and rent seeking management companies enters the chat>

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[Swordsmyth]

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[jmdrake]

And??

Come on, Count... Are you going to let the implication go silent??

Like there is no difference between "legal" immigration of talent and an "illegal" invasion at taxpayer expense.

The Springfield Haitians came here legally under Temporary Protected Status. One of Biden's last acts was to do H2B visas for Mexican Truckers. There are H2A visas for agriculture workers.

And here's the funny thing. Despite @dannno and @Swordsmyth's valiant efforts to prove the Springfield Hatians eat cats (no proof of that) [b]CATS ARE DEFINITELY ON THE MENU IN CHINA, INDIA AND EVEN SWITZERLAND![B] Trump has already stated that he approves Elon's H1B visa program. Steve Bannon if fighting back against this, calling Elon Musk "racist." I guess Steve Bannon is the only leader in MAGA who truly cares about pets.