America is just completely broken

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Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. It feels like everything is falling apart and there's very little we can do to fix it. It took everyone too long to realize what was happening. I'm struggling not to resent the older generations around me who let it get this bad. I'm grieving the children I will never have because I cannot afford it and because it feels morally wrong to bring a child into this just so I can experience motherhood.

I mean this kindly:
Get a grip. Read history. Look at all of the wars, famine, disease. There is nothing new under the sun. If you want to have a kid, have one. It is no worse now than 99% of human history. It is not objectively worse to have kids now than at any other time in history except maybe the 50s but would you really want to be a woman back in the 50s?

And also with the “I can’t afford kids”. Stop being brainwashed into thinking you have to have all of your financials figured out and perfect before you have a kid. Believe me, DCUM would have judged me quite harshly for having a kid when our HHI was 45k back in 2007, with no house, a crappy old car, and not being able to afford daycare. We did it anyway, and had two. Now they are in HS. I figured out my career once the kids were school aged. We were able to buy a house and sending DC1 to college next year. It hasn’t all been perfect - they didn’t do all the fancy activities, didn’t get the fancy Disney vacations or lots of expensive toys, but I would absolutely do it again, even if it meant using welfare and food stamps and living in a tiny apartment. There is really nothing else that gives life purpose as much as having kids.

We are supposed to get better across the centuries. Not pat ourselves for living like the Middle ages.
Plus maybe your life has purpose with your kids.
Not everybody is identical to you.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. It feels like everything is falling apart and there's very little we can do to fix it. It took everyone too long to realize what was happening. I'm struggling not to resent the older generations around me who let it get this bad. I'm grieving the children I will never have because I cannot afford it and because it feels morally wrong to bring a child into this just so I can experience motherhood.

I mean this kindly:
Get a grip. Read history. Look at all of the wars, famine, disease. There is nothing new under the sun. If you want to have a kid, have one. It is no worse now than 99% of human history. It is not objectively worse to have kids now than at any other time in history except maybe the 50s but would you really want to be a woman back in the 50s?

And also with the “I can’t afford kids”. Stop being brainwashed into thinking you have to have all of your financials figured out and perfect before you have a kid. Believe me, DCUM would have judged me quite harshly for having a kid when our HHI was 45k back in 2007, with no house, a crappy old car, and not being able to afford daycare. We did it anyway, and had two. Now they are in HS. I figured out my career once the kids were school aged. We were able to buy a house and sending DC1 to college next year. It hasn’t all been perfect - they didn’t do all the fancy activities, didn’t get the fancy Disney vacations or lots of expensive toys, but I would absolutely do it again, even if it meant using welfare and food stamps and living in a tiny apartment. There is really nothing else that gives life purpose as much as having kids.

I'm probably older than you, PP, and I agree with the first PP. Daycare and college costs have exploded, and wages have not kept up with those costs.

I have one DC about to graduate undergad and one about to go to college.

We have made six figures for a while, but we lived way below our means. And it was still expensive to send the kids to daycare and save for college. We don't drive expensive cars; we don't own name brand anything. My only expensive jewelry is my engagement ring, and a not that expensive necklace/earring set DH has bought me throughout our 20 years of marriage.

I don't blame women now a days for not wanting kids one bit.

It sounds like you have the same tunnel vision then, unable to see different possibilities and ways of doing things. Neither daycare nor college are/were the norm for 99% of human existence. But few people are willing to think outside of the box or go against the grain, which is also how we got here in the first place.

I stand by my point that if you want to be a parent, stop making excuses and don’t worry about doing it the “proper” way with a SFH, daycare, college, and expensive “family” car. Don’t let other people tell you what’s important. It sucks that there isn’t really a road map for this, but it’s doable.

Eh, yes and no. As a mom to two kids who lived much of my younger years in a sh*t 90 year old fixer upper with roaches and mice (thanks hoarding neighbor!), with a one percent down payment, in a crime ridden neighborhood where I learned to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks....

This really ignores the issue of SUBSTANTIAL.wage suppression, explosion of housing costs making living on a single income plus a kid very difficult even in a one bedroom. Oh and at least I did have a college education that afforded me the ability to pull myself to a much higher income! In today's housing market, couldn't have done it again.

All of you are missing the point. Unless you are a 1 percenter, life is tough. Always has been. The challenges we face in 2026 are tough, but they are not uniquely awful. Most of humanity throughout history has been poor, has had to make difficult choices, has not had everything ideal. All of you seem to be under this spell where you think that there was this time in recent history where everything was great, and now it’s 100 percent horrible and will never be good again.

It may be that I think the way I do is because for me personally, even with the current events, things are still a thousand times better than when I was growing up, at least materially speaking. I went from a childhood of relative poverty to an adulthood where I worked upwards and have a great standard of living now. I can understand how downwardly mobile people might see the current situation as the worst, but they are objectively wrong.

Maybe the rest of us don't care about the material crap.

We want human dignity and security and basic education, housing and healthcare.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. It feels like everything is falling apart and there's very little we can do to fix it. It took everyone too long to realize what was happening. I'm struggling not to resent the older generations around me who let it get this bad. I'm grieving the children I will never have because I cannot afford it and because it feels morally wrong to bring a child into this just so I can experience motherhood.

I mean this kindly:
Get a grip. Read history. Look at all of the wars, famine, disease. There is nothing new under the sun. If you want to have a kid, have one. It is no worse now than 99% of human history. It is not objectively worse to have kids now than at any other time in history except maybe the 50s but would you really want to be a woman back in the 50s?

And also with the “I can’t afford kids”. Stop being brainwashed into thinking you have to have all of your financials figured out and perfect before you have a kid. Believe me, DCUM would have judged me quite harshly for having a kid when our HHI was 45k back in 2007, with no house, a crappy old car, and not being able to afford daycare. We did it anyway, and had two. Now they are in HS. I figured out my career once the kids were school aged. We were able to buy a house and sending DC1 to college next year. It hasn’t all been perfect - they didn’t do all the fancy activities, didn’t get the fancy Disney vacations or lots of expensive toys, but I would absolutely do it again, even if it meant using welfare and food stamps and living in a tiny apartment. There is really nothing else that gives life purpose as much as having kids.

I'm probably older than you, PP, and I agree with the first PP. Daycare and college costs have exploded, and wages have not kept up with those costs.

I have one DC about to graduate undergad and one about to go to college.

We have made six figures for a while, but we lived way below our means. And it was still expensive to send the kids to daycare and save for college. We don't drive expensive cars; we don't own name brand anything. My only expensive jewelry is my engagement ring, and a not that expensive necklace/earring set DH has bought me throughout our 20 years of marriage.

I don't blame women now a days for not wanting kids one bit.

It sounds like you have the same tunnel vision then, unable to see different possibilities and ways of doing things. Neither daycare nor college are/were the norm for 99% of human existence. But few people are willing to think outside of the box or go against the grain, which is also how we got here in the first place.

I stand by my point that if you want to be a parent, stop making excuses and don’t worry about doing it the “proper” way with a SFH, daycare, college, and expensive “family” car. Don’t let other people tell you what’s important. It sucks that there isn’t really a road map for this, but it’s doable.

Eh, yes and no. As a mom to two kids who lived much of my younger years in a sh*t 90 year old fixer upper with roaches and mice (thanks hoarding neighbor!), with a one percent down payment, in a crime ridden neighborhood where I learned to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks....

This really ignores the issue of SUBSTANTIAL.wage suppression, explosion of housing costs making living on a single income plus a kid very difficult even in a one bedroom. Oh and at least I did have a college education that afforded me the ability to pull myself to a much higher income! In today's housing market, couldn't have done it again.

All of you are missing the point. Unless you are a 1 percenter, life is tough. Always has been. The challenges we face in 2026 are tough, but they are not uniquely awful. Most of humanity throughout history has been poor, has had to make difficult choices, has not had everything ideal. All of you seem to be under this spell where you think that there was this time in recent history where everything was great, and now it’s 100 percent horrible and will never be good again.

It may be that I think the way I do is because for me personally, even with the current events, things are still a thousand times better than when I was growing up, at least materially speaking. I went from a childhood of relative poverty to an adulthood where I worked upwards and have a great standard of living now. I can understand how downwardly mobile people might see the current situation as the worst, but they are objectively wrong.

Maybe the rest of us don't care about the material crap.

We want human dignity and security and basic education, housing and healthcare.

You want housing and healthcare, pay for them yourself. You have basic education...K - 12.

You are not "owed" anything. Get out of that mindset.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. It feels like everything is falling apart and there's very little we can do to fix it. It took everyone too long to realize what was happening. I'm struggling not to resent the older generations around me who let it get this bad. I'm grieving the children I will never have because I cannot afford it and because it feels morally wrong to bring a child into this just so I can experience motherhood.

I mean this kindly:
Get a grip. Read history. Look at all of the wars, famine, disease. There is nothing new under the sun. If you want to have a kid, have one. It is no worse now than 99% of human history. It is not objectively worse to have kids now than at any other time in history except maybe the 50s but would you really want to be a woman back in the 50s?

And also with the “I can’t afford kids”. Stop being brainwashed into thinking you have to have all of your financials figured out and perfect before you have a kid. Believe me, DCUM would have judged me quite harshly for having a kid when our HHI was 45k back in 2007, with no house, a crappy old car, and not being able to afford daycare. We did it anyway, and had two. Now they are in HS. I figured out my career once the kids were school aged. We were able to buy a house and sending DC1 to college next year. It hasn’t all been perfect - they didn’t do all the fancy activities, didn’t get the fancy Disney vacations or lots of expensive toys, but I would absolutely do it again, even if it meant using welfare and food stamps and living in a tiny apartment. There is really nothing else that gives life purpose as much as having kids.

I'm probably older than you, PP, and I agree with the first PP. Daycare and college costs have exploded, and wages have not kept up with those costs.

I have one DC about to graduate undergad and one about to go to college.

We have made six figures for a while, but we lived way below our means. And it was still expensive to send the kids to daycare and save for college. We don't drive expensive cars; we don't own name brand anything. My only expensive jewelry is my engagement ring, and a not that expensive necklace/earring set DH has bought me throughout our 20 years of marriage.

I don't blame women now a days for not wanting kids one bit.

It sounds like you have the same tunnel vision then, unable to see different possibilities and ways of doing things. Neither daycare nor college are/were the norm for 99% of human existence. But few people are willing to think outside of the box or go against the grain, which is also how we got here in the first place.

I stand by my point that if you want to be a parent, stop making excuses and don’t worry about doing it the “proper” way with a SFH, daycare, college, and expensive “family” car. Don’t let other people tell you what’s important. It sucks that there isn’t really a road map for this, but it’s doable.

Eh, yes and no. As a mom to two kids who lived much of my younger years in a sh*t 90 year old fixer upper with roaches and mice (thanks hoarding neighbor!), with a one percent down payment, in a crime ridden neighborhood where I learned to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks....

This really ignores the issue of SUBSTANTIAL.wage suppression, explosion of housing costs making living on a single income plus a kid very difficult even in a one bedroom. Oh and at least I did have a college education that afforded me the ability to pull myself to a much higher income! In today's housing market, couldn't have done it again.

All of you are missing the point. Unless you are a 1 percenter, life is tough. Always has been. The challenges we face in 2026 are tough, but they are not uniquely awful. Most of humanity throughout history has been poor, has had to make difficult choices, has not had everything ideal. All of you seem to be under this spell where you think that there was this time in recent history where everything was great, and now it’s 100 percent horrible and will never be good again.

It may be that I think the way I do is because for me personally, even with the current events, things are still a thousand times better than when I was growing up, at least materially speaking. I went from a childhood of relative poverty to an adulthood where I worked upwards and have a great standard of living now. I can understand how downwardly mobile people might see the current situation as the worst, but they are objectively wrong.

Maybe the rest of us don't care about the material crap.

We want human dignity and security and basic education, housing and healthcare.

You want housing and healthcare, pay for them yourself. You have basic education...K - 12.

You are not "owed" anything. Get out of that mindset.

What about our taxes?
Why do we privatize profits and socialize losses?
Why do we bail out all these crappy companies and these crappier nations?

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Anonymous wrote:The AMA advocates increased scholarships to foreigners attending US medical schools.

This is a resolution passed at their June 2025 House of Delegates meeting.

Not for US citizens. For foreigners

That is why we are broken

foreigners are willing to go to podunk red areas and serve the communities there because "real Americans" want to be in cities. Without those foriegners getting AMA grants, most of the rural, red state hospitals would be operating without doctors.

There is wholesale discrimination against Americans, especially white men, and you say we need foreigners? The nerve!

DP. Okay, so rural folks should have to drive an hour to a hospital? Fine.

White MAGA men are NOT studying science. They are eschewing colleges because Trump and co are vilifying them. When Trump tells his base it's patriotic to study math and science, then you will have a case.

Rural white men don’t have access to quality education so of course they don’t pursue academics.

the idea that rural white men are enduring some kind of special suffering and discrimination right now is beyond ludicrous.

OMFG. Rural white men and women are why this country is falling apart. Tons of people have REALLY challenging lives and don't turn to hatred and bigotry. Buh bye.

Pure ignorance. People who aren’t well off financially and don’t have advanced degrees are always going to be more prone to depression and anger and to taking their anger out of groups of “others.” Don’t believe me? Ask an educated gay person in Africa how they’re treated by uneducated people in rural areas.

Stop excusing someone being a complete horrible, hateful jerk on being poor and educated.

How does THEIR ignorance justify the vileness of their behavior? There are tons of people who are poor and uneducated who don't do the things the MAGA movement does. In 2016, many of us excused their error in voting for Trump. Looked to understand such a gross error in judgement. Now, nope. These people have proven themselves to be the worst of the worst of humanity. Harm others to make yourself feel better? Cheer human rights violations against immigrants and others? Nope. Nope. Nope.

MAGA are all the worst humanity has to offer and their are NO excuses for how deplorable, yes, deplorable, they are at this time. If you are MAGA after Trump's first term, something is horribly, horribly broken in you.

Do you morons ever notice that your condemnations are all generalities? “MAGA are stupid!” “They are destroying the country!” And so on.

Iran has been a violent rogue nation for the past 47 years. Plenty of prominent Democrats have condemned them & called for extreme actions to keep them from going nuclear. And one president after another took the easy way out by pretending Iran’s threats weren’t real.

Finally, a guy comes along who isn’t going to pass the buck, & instead of thanking him for having the resolve to risk it all to keep the world from having to deal with a nuclear Iran, you throw your pathetic tantrums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The AMA advocates increased scholarships to foreigners attending US medical schools.

This is a resolution passed at their June 2025 House of Delegates meeting.

Not for US citizens. For foreigners

That is why we are broken

foreigners are willing to go to podunk red areas and serve the communities there because "real Americans" want to be in cities. Without those foriegners getting AMA grants, most of the rural, red state hospitals would be operating without doctors.

There is wholesale discrimination against Americans, especially white men, and you say we need foreigners? The nerve!

DP. Okay, so rural folks should have to drive an hour to a hospital? Fine.

White MAGA men are NOT studying science. They are eschewing colleges because Trump and co are vilifying them. When Trump tells his base it's patriotic to study math and science, then you will have a case.

Rural white men don’t have access to quality education so of course they don’t pursue academics.

the idea that rural white men are enduring some kind of special suffering and discrimination right now is beyond ludicrous.

OMFG. Rural white men and women are why this country is falling apart. Tons of people have REALLY challenging lives and don't turn to hatred and bigotry. Buh bye.

Pure ignorance. People who aren’t well off financially and don’t have advanced degrees are always going to be more prone to depression and anger and to taking their anger out of groups of “others.” Don’t believe me? Ask an educated gay person in Africa how they’re treated by uneducated people in rural areas.

Stop excusing someone being a complete horrible, hateful jerk on being poor and educated.

How does THEIR ignorance justify the vileness of their behavior? There are tons of people who are poor and uneducated who don't do the things the MAGA movement does. In 2016, many of us excused their error in voting for Trump. Looked to understand such a gross error in judgement. Now, nope. These people have proven themselves to be the worst of the worst of humanity. Harm others to make yourself feel better? Cheer human rights violations against immigrants and others? Nope. Nope. Nope.

MAGA are all the worst humanity has to offer and their are NO excuses for how deplorable, yes, deplorable, they are at this time. If you are MAGA after Trump's first term, something is horribly, horribly broken in you.

Do you morons ever notice that your condemnations are all generalities? “MAGA are stupid!” “They are destroying the country!” And so on.

Iran has been a violent rogue nation for the past 47 years. Plenty of prominent Democrats have condemned them & called for extreme actions to keep them from going nuclear. And one president after another took the easy way out by pretending Iran’s threats weren’t real.

Finally, a guy comes along who isn’t going to pass the buck, & instead of thanking him for having the resolve to risk it all to keep the world from having to deal with a nuclear Iran, you throw your pathetic tantrums.

Who TF do you think you’re talking to?

No. Most sane people don’t believe that Iran is innately evil. There’s plenty of evidence of evil in the Middle East, but Iran is hardly the epicenter. And no, most sane people don’t believe your boogeyman doomsday claims when you try to convince us that Iran would start firing off nuclear missiles the minute they got their hands on them.

That’s what you (and Bibi) want everyone to believe, but it’s just propaganda to justify the posture you want the world to take toward Iran. To the extent that anyone in Iran has / had interest in nuclear weapons, it was surely for defensive purposes. That’s the underlying reason every other nuclear country has pursued them. This war (or the bombing last year, pick your poison) are two good reasons why they would want them - to serve as deterrence.

You know that, but yet you persist with these menacing lies seeking to convince people that a nation of 90 million people is just going to sacrifice itself by starting a nuclear war. Again, outside the 24/7 raging Zionist propaganda machine, nobody is buying it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The AMA advocates increased scholarships to foreigners attending US medical schools.

This is a resolution passed at their June 2025 House of Delegates meeting.

Not for US citizens. For foreigners

That is why we are broken

foreigners are willing to go to podunk red areas and serve the communities there because "real Americans" want to be in cities. Without those foriegners getting AMA grants, most of the rural, red state hospitals would be operating without doctors.

There is wholesale discrimination against Americans, especially white men, and you say we need foreigners? The nerve!

DP. Okay, so rural folks should have to drive an hour to a hospital? Fine.

White MAGA men are NOT studying science. They are eschewing colleges because Trump and co are vilifying them. When Trump tells his base it's patriotic to study math and science, then you will have a case.

Rural white men don’t have access to quality education so of course they don’t pursue academics.

the idea that rural white men are enduring some kind of special suffering and discrimination right now is beyond ludicrous.

OMFG. Rural white men and women are why this country is falling apart. Tons of people have REALLY challenging lives and don't turn to hatred and bigotry. Buh bye.

Pure ignorance. People who aren’t well off financially and don’t have advanced degrees are always going to be more prone to depression and anger and to taking their anger out of groups of “others.” Don’t believe me? Ask an educated gay person in Africa how they’re treated by uneducated people in rural areas.

Stop excusing someone being a complete horrible, hateful jerk on being poor and educated.

How does THEIR ignorance justify the vileness of their behavior? There are tons of people who are poor and uneducated who don't do the things the MAGA movement does. In 2016, many of us excused their error in voting for Trump. Looked to understand such a gross error in judgement. Now, nope. These people have proven themselves to be the worst of the worst of humanity. Harm others to make yourself feel better? Cheer human rights violations against immigrants and others? Nope. Nope. Nope.

MAGA are all the worst humanity has to offer and their are NO excuses for how deplorable, yes, deplorable, they are at this time. If you are MAGA after Trump's first term, something is horribly, horribly broken in you.

Aren’t you the benevolent one?

What does benevolence have to do with staying a simple and obvious fact. It’s the truth. Voting for Trump is one of the gravest errors in judgment any American has ever made in the voting booth.

It’s YOUR truth. The arrogance of leftism is astounding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The AMA advocates increased scholarships to foreigners attending US medical schools.

This is a resolution passed at their June 2025 House of Delegates meeting.

Not for US citizens. For foreigners

That is why we are broken

foreigners are willing to go to podunk red areas and serve the communities there because "real Americans" want to be in cities. Without those foriegners getting AMA grants, most of the rural, red state hospitals would be operating without doctors.

There is wholesale discrimination against Americans, especially white men, and you say we need foreigners? The nerve!

DP. Okay, so rural folks should have to drive an hour to a hospital? Fine.

White MAGA men are NOT studying science. They are eschewing colleges because Trump and co are vilifying them. When Trump tells his base it's patriotic to study math and science, then you will have a case.

Rural white men don’t have access to quality education so of course they don’t pursue academics.

the idea that rural white men are enduring some kind of special suffering and discrimination right now is beyond ludicrous.

OMFG. Rural white men and women are why this country is falling apart. Tons of people have REALLY challenging lives and don't turn to hatred and bigotry. Buh bye.

Pure ignorance. People who aren’t well off financially and don’t have advanced degrees are always going to be more prone to depression and anger and to taking their anger out of groups of “others.” Don’t believe me? Ask an educated gay person in Africa how they’re treated by uneducated people in rural areas.

Stop excusing someone being a complete horrible, hateful jerk on being poor and educated.

How does THEIR ignorance justify the vileness of their behavior? There are tons of people who are poor and uneducated who don't do the things the MAGA movement does. In 2016, many of us excused their error in voting for Trump. Looked to understand such a gross error in judgement. Now, nope. These people have proven themselves to be the worst of the worst of humanity. Harm others to make yourself feel better? Cheer human rights violations against immigrants and others? Nope. Nope. Nope.

MAGA are all the worst humanity has to offer and their are NO excuses for how deplorable, yes, deplorable, they are at this time. If you are MAGA after Trump's first term, something is horribly, horribly broken in you.

Do you morons ever notice that your condemnations are all generalities? “MAGA are stupid!” “They are destroying the country!” And so on.

Iran has been a violent rogue nation for the past 47 years. Plenty of prominent Democrats have condemned them & called for extreme actions to keep them from going nuclear. And one president after another took the easy way out by pretending Iran’s threats weren’t real.

Finally, a guy comes along who isn’t going to pass the buck, & instead of thanking him for having the resolve to risk it all to keep the world from having to deal with a nuclear Iran, you throw your pathetic tantrums.

One of those previous presidents was Trump himself. If Iran was such a threat why didn't Trump do anything during his first term...other than tear up his predecessor's agreement because he didn't like the guy's middle name?

[Anonymous]

There are multiple ways to do your own part, but an easy first step (if you don’t know where to start) is to establish your own litmus test, and use it to guide your actions.

1. Don’t vote for any political candidate unless they explicitly, unequivocally condemn Israel’s policies and actions, and vow to vote against any measure, proclamation, bill, etc. that provides benefit or support for Israel.

2. Don’t knowingly support any U.S. entity that conducts business with Israel or with any Israeli-owned or Israeli-controlled entity.

3. Don’t knowingly support any business or organization owned by or controlled by an individual who supports Israel (e.g., lodging or conference space at properties owned or operated by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Oracle ERP products in my business, etc.) …

4. Don’t knowingly employ anyone who supports Israel’s policies and actions. Learn how to ensure that your business elicits that information within the bounds of the law; and make no exceptions.

5. Don’t knowingly socialize with anyone who supports Israel’s policies and actions, or support anyone in your family or sphere of influence who is less discriminatory.

Start there. Build from there.

[Anonymous]

both parties are broken

Republican candidate Nick Plumb highlighted Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracts awarding millions to IT staffing firms reliant on H-1B visa workers, including one company that received over $10 million since Governor Greg Abbott took office in 2015. He pointed to public data showing hourly rates of $90 to $150 for roles like systems analysts, with suspicions of visa rule violations like benching based on LinkedIn profiles. The post drew calls to halt state funds to such firms and investigate, even as Abbott's recent directive freezes new H-1B petitions by agencies but leaves contractors untouched amid over $6 billion in active deals.

H1B is fraud. No one believes it is for skilled labor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:both parties are broken

Republican candidate Nick Plumb highlighted Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracts awarding millions to IT staffing firms reliant on H-1B visa workers, including one company that received over $10 million since Governor Greg Abbott took office in 2015. He pointed to public data showing hourly rates of $90 to $150 for roles like systems analysts, with suspicions of visa rule violations like benching based on LinkedIn profiles. The post drew calls to halt state funds to such firms and investigate, even as Abbott's recent directive freezes new H-1B petitions by agencies but leaves contractors untouched amid over $6 billion in active deals.

H1B is fraud. No one believes it is for skilled labor.

Also of note - most of the "workers" names I've searched list different employers on LinkedIn than the contractor reporting them as the assigned worker.

It almost makes you think that many of these people are either not actually working on these contracts or they can't say they are because their H-1B visa was sponsored by a different employer.

However, some also show a location in India - so who knows...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The AMA advocates increased scholarships to foreigners attending US medical schools.

This is a resolution passed at their June 2025 House of Delegates meeting.

Not for US citizens. For foreigners

That is why we are broken

foreigners are willing to go to podunk red areas and serve the communities there because "real Americans" want to be in cities. Without those foriegners getting AMA grants, most of the rural, red state hospitals would be operating without doctors.

There is wholesale discrimination against Americans, especially white men, and you say we need foreigners? The nerve!

DP. Okay, so rural folks should have to drive an hour to a hospital? Fine.

White MAGA men are NOT studying science. They are eschewing colleges because Trump and co are vilifying them. When Trump tells his base it's patriotic to study math and science, then you will have a case.

Rural white men don’t have access to quality education so of course they don’t pursue academics.

the idea that rural white men are enduring some kind of special suffering and discrimination right now is beyond ludicrous.

OMFG. Rural white men and women are why this country is falling apart. Tons of people have REALLY challenging lives and don't turn to hatred and bigotry. Buh bye.

Pure ignorance. People who aren’t well off financially and don’t have advanced degrees are always going to be more prone to depression and anger and to taking their anger out of groups of “others.” Don’t believe me? Ask an educated gay person in Africa how they’re treated by uneducated people in rural areas.

Stop excusing someone being a complete horrible, hateful jerk on being poor and educated.

How does THEIR ignorance justify the vileness of their behavior? There are tons of people who are poor and uneducated who don't do the things the MAGA movement does. In 2016, many of us excused their error in voting for Trump. Looked to understand such a gross error in judgement. Now, nope. These people have proven themselves to be the worst of the worst of humanity. Harm others to make yourself feel better? Cheer human rights violations against immigrants and others? Nope. Nope. Nope.

MAGA are all the worst humanity has to offer and their are NO excuses for how deplorable, yes, deplorable, they are at this time. If you are MAGA after Trump's first term, something is horribly, horribly broken in you.

Do you morons ever notice that your condemnations are all generalities? “MAGA are stupid!” “They are destroying the country!” And so on.

Iran has been a violent rogue nation for the past 47 years. Plenty of prominent Democrats have condemned them & called for extreme actions to keep them from going nuclear. And one president after another took the easy way out by pretending Iran’s threats weren’t real.

Finally, a guy comes along who isn’t going to pass the buck, & instead of thanking him for having the resolve to risk it all to keep the world from having to deal with a nuclear Iran, you throw your pathetic tantrums.

It is hysterical that you treat this “guy” - this ridiculous, crooked, stupid person - seriously!

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They’re not stopping foreign hiring. They’re just moving the shell game. Draining America one job at a time.

Walmart just went from capped to infinite.

By pausing H1B hiring, they’re not reducing foreign labor, they’re shifting from a capped visa to one with no limits. The L1 visa lets corporations transfer unlimited “specialized” employees from foreign affiliates into the U.S., no lottery, no quota, no $100,000 fee.

Walmart owns Flipkart and runs massive tech hubs in India, so the playbook is simple: pause H1Bs, expand overseas teams, and bring workers in under L1 transfers.

Source: Economic Times, Times of India, October 2025.

It’s the same tactic we saw at Target. Fire Americans, offshore the work, reimport it under new paperwork.

Watch for:

• Walmart Global Tech expansion in India
• Flipkart teams taking U.S. system roles
• Rising L1 visa petitions for “specialized knowledge”

It’s not a labor shortage. It’s a shell game.

They claim it’s due to the new $100,000 H1B fee. But that’s only half the story.

Like Target, Walmart can quietly reroute the same roles through India, where it already owns Flipkart, and then transfer key people to the U.S. under L1 intracompany visas.

It’s the same tactic every globalist brand uses. Fire Americans, hire offshore, reimport the same labor under cheaper or quieter visa channels.

They’re not stopping foreign hiring. They’re just moving the shell game. Draining America one job at a time.

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Anonymous wrote:The AMA advocates increased scholarships to foreigners attending US medical schools.

This is a resolution passed at their June 2025 House of Delegates meeting.

Not for US citizens. For foreigners

That is why we are broken

foreigners are willing to go to podunk red areas and serve the communities there because "real Americans" want to be in cities. Without those foriegners getting AMA grants, most of the rural, red state hospitals would be operating without doctors.

There is wholesale discrimination against Americans, especially white men, and you say we need foreigners? The nerve!

DP. Okay, so rural folks should have to drive an hour to a hospital? Fine.

White MAGA men are NOT studying science. They are eschewing colleges because Trump and co are vilifying them. When Trump tells his base it's patriotic to study math and science, then you will have a case.

Rural white men don’t have access to quality education so of course they don’t pursue academics.

the idea that rural white men are enduring some kind of special suffering and discrimination right now is beyond ludicrous.

OMFG. Rural white men and women are why this country is falling apart. Tons of people have REALLY challenging lives and don't turn to hatred and bigotry. Buh bye.

Pure ignorance. People who aren’t well off financially and don’t have advanced degrees are always going to be more prone to depression and anger and to taking their anger out of groups of “others.” Don’t believe me? Ask an educated gay person in Africa how they’re treated by uneducated people in rural areas.

Stop excusing someone being a complete horrible, hateful jerk on being poor and educated.

How does THEIR ignorance justify the vileness of their behavior? There are tons of people who are poor and uneducated who don't do the things the MAGA movement does. In 2016, many of us excused their error in voting for Trump. Looked to understand such a gross error in judgement. Now, nope. These people have proven themselves to be the worst of the worst of humanity. Harm others to make yourself feel better? Cheer human rights violations against immigrants and others? Nope. Nope. Nope.

MAGA are all the worst humanity has to offer and their are NO excuses for how deplorable, yes, deplorable, they are at this time. If you are MAGA after Trump's first term, something is horribly, horribly broken in you.

Do you morons ever notice that your condemnations are all generalities? “MAGA are stupid!” “They are destroying the country!” And so on.

Iran has been a violent rogue nation for the past 47 years. Plenty of prominent Democrats have condemned them & called for extreme actions to keep them from going nuclear. And one president after another took the easy way out by pretending Iran’s threats weren’t real.

Finally, a guy comes along who isn’t going to pass the buck, & instead of thanking him for having the resolve to risk it all to keep the world from having to deal with a nuclear Iran, you throw your pathetic tantrums.

We haven't been at war with iran for 47 years and we had a "peace" deal in place, the JCPOA. We are here today on Iran because Trump broke that deal. No other American president was stupid enough to take this kind of action against Iran for the very reason we are in today. So this argument isn't the flex you think it is.

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Anonymous wrote:both parties are broken

Republican candidate Nick Plumb highlighted Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracts awarding millions to IT staffing firms reliant on H-1B visa workers, including one company that received over $10 million since Governor Greg Abbott took office in 2015. He pointed to public data showing hourly rates of $90 to $150 for roles like systems analysts, with suspicions of visa rule violations like benching based on LinkedIn profiles. The post drew calls to halt state funds to such firms and investigate, even as Abbott's recent directive freezes new H-1B petitions by agencies but leaves contractors untouched amid over $6 billion in active deals.

H1B is fraud. No one believes it is for skilled labor.

How does the statement "both parties are broken" jibe with the follow on post that some GOP businessman and crony of republican governnor Abbot has abused the immigration system? That isn't a "both sides" thing.