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Reply to AlphaCentauri (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:33 PM

Nov 2012

And I just got laid off from my current IT job.

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High-skill green cards get lame-duck push in Congress [View all] AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 OP

one last chance to stab American workers in the back nt msongs Nov 2012 #1

Oh, bullshit. harmonicon Nov 2012 #8

Actually it's about JoeyT Nov 2012 #12

They may not want to work for minimum wage, but they do. harmonicon Nov 2012 #14

We already have a problem with grad schools in engineering being filled with foreign students pnwmom Nov 2012 #24

I was going to do my MBA paper on this exboyfil Nov 2012 #29

Oh, dear - not competition! harmonicon Nov 2012 #31

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #9

All this does is help corporations adieu Nov 2012 #2

Yes. College students applying to grad school in stem fields have to compete pnwmom Nov 2012 #25

I'm sick of this. Panasonic Nov 2012 #3

Yep. These CEOs who hire H1-Bs are economic traitors. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #10

The CEO is just another man in the machine. The chairman of the board is who you're after. Selatius Nov 2012 #13

+1 davidwparker Nov 2012 #22

Great. drm604 Nov 2012 #4

Good thing Obama is there to veto this. He will protect us. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #5

I will support this... bluestateguy Nov 2012 #6

Will work for bad food. sulphurdunn Nov 2012 #7

This is a good step, but it shouldn't just be for STEM workers. harmonicon Nov 2012 #11

It's not a good step. It sucks. pscot Nov 2012 #16

Yep, that's the national motto: "fuck you, I've got mine, Jack." harmonicon Nov 2012 #33

It's not helpful to US students, who find it too difficult to get accepted into US grad schools pnwmom Nov 2012 #26

Maybe that should be an impetus to make our compulsory education better. harmonicon Nov 2012 #32

No, it's NOT because our colleges aren't good enough. pnwmom Nov 2012 #35

So the problem is with our funding for education. harmonicon Nov 2012 #36

I'm not blaming the students. Where do you think I did that? I'm blaming govt. policies, pnwmom Nov 2012 #37

The purpose of competition in the labor market is to lower wages and/or increase productivity. harmonicon Nov 2012 #38

I strongly believe US citizens should have preferential access to US jobs. pnwmom Nov 2012 #39

Why? harmonicon Nov 2012 #40

People DO have different rights because of where they were born. For us to ignore our pnwmom Nov 2012 #41

So, because other people do wrong, we should do wrong as well? harmonicon Nov 2012 #42

In the United States people are free to move among states, just as they now pnwmom Nov 2012 #43

We're not going to get there if you and others don't want it. harmonicon Nov 2012 #44

Who pays the tuition for those "advanced US degrees"? MindPilot Nov 2012 #15

Oh, no they're not. athena Nov 2012 #17

Do you by any chance have a dog in this hunt? n/t amandabeech Nov 2012 #18

Expressing an opinion is now suspect? athena Nov 2012 #19

No, but if you have benefited from our nation's universities admission of many amandabeech Nov 2012 #20

Response? n/t amandabeech Nov 2012 #21

They SHOULD be taking back their experience to their home countries, which need them more than we do pnwmom Nov 2012 #27

I'd given up quite a while ago... 6502 Nov 2012 #23

I guess that's why they call it a "lame duck" congress davidpdx Nov 2012 #28

As someone who has experience with the immigration system... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #30

Stuff like this really pisses me off. tarheelsunc Nov 2012 #34