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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of the arguments for H-1B seem to land.

A) It's good for the economy growth etc.  Workers don't care about some macro effect that enriches people that are already rich, when they are experiencing direct impacts like unemployment.

B) They'll just offshore it.  Sounds like they are creating an alternate economy that we'll not be participating in.  Be my guest and leave.  They won't hire me here so I'm fine with them leaving.

C) [b]The threat of offshoring is over stated[/b].  These other countries have there own rules and regulations, for example different holidays and what not.  Furthermore, these companies depend on our infrastructure more than they acknowledge.  Who is going to come to the US to get trained just to go back to there home country and work for those wages.

D) The premium for indentured servitude just isn't there.  When companies operate in the employees home countries, changing jobs is easier.  The companies just don't have the same leverage.

In essence the H-1b program is a wage subsidization program where employees exchange wages for Visas and green cards.  Remove that benefit and you no longer have a loyal compliant and well trained workforce.[/quote]
Tell me you don't work in private sector tech without telling me you don't work in private sector tech.[/quote]

Technically it is private sector, government contracting.

The worst of both worlds really, all the regulations and bad salaries.[/quote]

Security? [/quote]

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