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modem77

(191 posts)
16. I guess I will be sitting out this election.
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 06:30 PM
Jul 2016

I am not going to vote for anyone that wants to help take my job away.

Preserving H1B visas is part of a comprehensive approach bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #1
They're not cheap shots, worked in IT and the contracting companies out and out lied about ... uponit7771 Jul 2016 #3
Recruiting companies lying bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #5
Disney workers replaced Cayenne Jul 2016 #4
I'm not requiring "workers" to believe anything bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #6
So screw overpaid Americans? Cayenne Jul 2016 #11
Why do you hate America? bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #12
Why do you not express concern ... GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #40
Why don't you care more for good white decent 'Murkan's, you mean? bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #43
Bullshit. Having worked for a fortune 100 telecom, I can tell you it's all about driving wages down. X_Digger Jul 2016 #22
Is there anything there to bolster displacement laws? We don't need to worry about visas if the ... uponit7771 Jul 2016 #2
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Lack of both nuance and context once again... typical. LanternWaste Jul 2016 #9
H1B visas are bullshit angrychair Jul 2016 #8
The contempt for American workers is appalling Cayenne Jul 2016 #14
There's no consensus - in the economist and social science community at least - Politicub Jul 2016 #19
I saw it first hand, as a hiring manager. I know what we paid US workers vs H1Bs for the same job. X_Digger Jul 2016 #23
Sounds like a shitty company with shitty policies Politicub Jul 2016 #25
Agree bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #26
Bullshit. There is no lack of talent. X_Digger Jul 2016 #29
Data? bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #34
Every company that I've worked for that used H1bs was the same. X_Digger Jul 2016 #28
You're a focus group of one Politicub Jul 2016 #30
What skills specifically do the US workers NOT have gd770226 Jul 2016 #36
There's not enough - it's not that people are getting turned down Politicub Jul 2016 #38
No they wouldn't. Statistical Jul 2016 #37
That doesn't describe where I work Politicub Jul 2016 #39
The Canadians seem to manage ... GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #41
Well, Canada Politicub Jul 2016 #42
HB1s are important Politicub Jul 2016 #10
Important for the rich, not the workers Cayenne Jul 2016 #13
Unless you're a person with an HB1 Politicub Jul 2016 #17
And the US citizens displaced do not depend on their jobs for their livelihood? gd770226 Jul 2016 #20
Just wait for mass automation - HB1s will seem quaint in comparison Politicub Jul 2016 #27
Call me crazy, I think we should try to find Americans for domestic jobs before importing workers. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #15
Borders bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #24
I agree. My husband works in IT and the vast majority of the H1Bs prayin4rain Jul 2016 #35
I guess I will be sitting out this election. modem77 Jul 2016 #16
That makes zero sense Politicub Jul 2016 #18
Why should anybody vote for somebody that flat out supports a program that takes jobs away. gd770226 Jul 2016 #21
one thing for absolutely certain, Trump will do the same and worse. Ignore his mouthy rhetoric. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #32
Won't vote from Trump either gd770226 Jul 2016 #33
There are Americans skilled for those jobs. Wtf? onecaliberal Jul 2016 #31
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