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How does a republican raise taxes without raising taxes. This is how they do it. What industries are going to get hit hardest? Tech and medicine, two of the largest money makers in the country. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5815043/
IMO the problem is that H1B employees are stuck at the employer for the duration of their green card process, and so end up both paid lower and unable to escape abuse. I think a very high application fee is actually part of a good solution, but is useless by itself. A flawed proposal: * Dispense with the 'need to search for a qualified American' which just complicates the process without achieving the stated goal, an…
No company would ever sponsor someone if the last bullet is part of the deal. You're just killing the visa program another way with that wishlist item alone.
I thought they needed these foreign workers because no American could do the job?
This will just encourage companies to off-shore more.
A lot of the discussion is about foreign workers competing with native ones and dragging salaries and employment down. This is a simplistic view, because it overlooks the fact that an insufficient labor supply keeps companies from growing faster, which in turn keeps them from hiring even more people. So there is a tension between competition and increased opportunities and wage growth through increased company growth…
If there was insufficient labor pool as you suggest, interviews would become less selective and wages would rise.
Just learned that there are about 15k doctors on h1b and if a good chunk of them leave it’s going to be disastrous for the fly over states. Hospitals are already shutting down and much will only increase once the Medicaid cuts take effect. And on top of that the visa issue will absolutely dent healthcare