tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post1679193662094247576..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: It's Hard to Watch a Rich Grown Man CryBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-63460495933261514122013-03-21T07:50:50.513-07:002013-03-21T07:50:50.513-07:00Funny thing about those STEM visa’s that you want ...Funny thing about those STEM visa’s that you want Microsoft…<br /><br />IT jobs topped in 2001 and have actually gone down to 1999 levels.<br /><br />http://keepamericaatwork.com/archives/210665Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-22519613501841269882013-03-21T07:47:17.240-07:002013-03-21T07:47:17.240-07:00From the Washington Post:
"There has been in...From the Washington Post:<br /><br />"There has been intense lobbying on Capitol Hill by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other [tax-dodging] companies to extendi the H1B program to attract high-skilled workers from around the world, but it has become a way to bring lower-paid employees to the United States. Those firms often train workers in the United States before sending them back home to do the same jobs for considerably less money."<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/visas-for-high-skilled-workers-could-double-under-bipartisan-senate-plan/2013/03/20/8b74c08a-9194-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html<br /><br />Rather than pay skilled Americans (of which I know a few who are qualified but currently unemployed in the tech industry), these U.S. companies are deliberately putting Americans out of jobs to fatten their bottom line (to further line their own pockets). This is despicable.<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com