More H1-B visas on the way?

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The Senate is a joke!

I thought they were all about the protection of the country, among their primary responsibilities there being:

Senate Committee on Foreign Intelligence
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senate Joint Economic Committee

With every Senator being assigned to a few committees, and all the above having some relation to the H1-B visa problem, you'd think there'd be ample opportunity for each of them to be well-informed about the ills that large numbers of such visas present to the concerns that their committee(s) are in charge of.

I.e.
1) When we bring foreign labor here, it gives them the chance to seed this labor pool with people who can penetrate the U.S., not necessarily maliciously even at first (though possibly), but, at least, they learn how things work here at various locations/industries etc. This can lead to an imbalance in intelligence if we don't also have Americans gaining knowledge of these other countries at the same level.
2) This isn't good for the economy, given that many foreign workers have as an objective to send as much of their earnings home, rather than to spend here. Consumer spending is 2/3s of the U.S. GDP.
3) Re. education and labor, this clearly contributes to a disincentive to becoming educated in the fields where the H1-Bs are most prevalent, since there are fewer jobs available and pay declines.

So what is the problem here? The politicians are clearly far to beholden to corporations. But beyond that, there's no accountability because we as the workers in technical fields have let them get away with this...by not organizing, which is necessary to counter-balance the corporate money and unbridled executive aristocracy that has sprung up in this country.

Posted by: techboy_z   Posted on: 11/04/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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