[NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching

[Daniel Hauck]

Speaking as an unemployed person, I am *way* for this proposal.  The muscle
behind the increase in H1-B visas have been H1-B "brokerage" firms and large
companies who have historically lost law suits initiated by former employees
who were fired and then replaced by two H1-Bs.  (It has happened a LOT...
and they lobbyists are still out there telling the Senate and Congress that
we need more foreign techies because we don't have enough in this country...
Those self-serving, unpatriotic bastards need to be strung up along with
spammers and the a$$hol3s who boosted the price of gasoline after the WTC
attacks.)

I have many friends who are actually H1-B visa people... I'd be sorry to see
them go, but damnit, I'm a CITIZEN and I need a job.  Am I a citizen or a
consumer?

----- Original Message -----
From: "merlin" <merlin at merlinslair.org>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching


> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Fred James wrote:
>
> Here is some perhaps good news that I received from another mailing list
> I'm on.
>
>
http://www.house.gov/tancredo/PressRelease/tancredo_proposal_strengthens_do.
htm
>
> Apparently Rep. Tancredo (R-CO) is sponsoring legislation to reduce the
> number of H1-B visas to around 55,000 a year.  Also, he is proposing that
> for every 1/4 of a percentage point that the unemployment rate is above 6%
> that the number of available H1-B's be reduced by 10,000.
>
> This theoretically would open up more jobs for US citizens.  I don't know
> what your individual opinions are concerning H1-B legislation, but I'm
> personally for this proposal.
>  --
> Merlin
>
> Subtlety: the art of saying what you want to say and getting out of
> range before it is understood.
>
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