Reply #51: my thoughts [View All]

I think you're right it was a fee on H1B visas as I recall.

when you say they don't want to hire you at any salary that seems like an obvious and unnecessary exaggeration. While people from the US IT industry have suffered more in recent years than other sectors, I can safely say that in manufacturing where I have been its a similar story. And while I agree that your individual case probably won't be affected by her proposal, and that it is not some magic bullet, I don't think I said it was.

On the other hand when companies ask for continued increases in H1-B visas and use lack of qualified people in the US as a reason, don't you think this is a good proposal to put forth, don't you think we need more money for education?

I don't think there is a magic bullet for the pain caused by globalization. Government should do more to slow down the loss of these jobs and politicians need to hear more from constituents about it. I was very heartened to watch the Ohio Senate race I think it was, where Sherrod Brown won on a campaign that was very labor focused. Of course that State has been hit harder than most with loss of manufacturing jobs. US politics moves slowly and its not all the politicians fault, public opinion has to shift in order for real change to occur. This country still has too many bozos that think deregulation and tax cuts is all we will ever need and these are same people who rarely miss voting day.