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Sen. Ted Cruz wants minimum H-1B wage of $110,000
- hwstar 11y agoThis will never see the light of day. Sen. Hatch and Co. will see to it. Due to the way campaign financing works, any senators or congressmen which vote for this bill will face a reduction in campaign finance funding during the next election cycle. The only way to get meaningful policies through the legislative process is to fix campaign finance first. Until this happens, legislators will continue to be corrupted by those with large amounts of money.
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- YuriNiyazov 11y agoCould you please expand on this? How does campaign financing work?
- steego 11y agoSorry to punt and give you homework, but Larry Lessig will expand on this better than me. Here's a link if you want to listen to something while you work. His book, Republic Lost, is a good read on this subject if you're interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc
- YuriNiyazov 11y agoHomework is fine, thanks!
- YuriNiyazov 11y agoCould you please expand on this? How does campaign financing work?
- danieltillett 11y agoNo what needs to be fixed is the need for money to pay for advertising. Remove this need and politicians won't be wasting their time raising money.
- hwstar 11y agoAdvertising costs are not relevant if only money from the government can be used for campaigns, everyone gets the same amount, and there are severe per-person limits on private money donations, (no corporate or trade association donations allowed) The only snag I see is the procedure used to determine who gets the government money.
- danieltillett 11y agoThe problem with trying to restrict the supply of money without removing the demand is that it is very hard to police. There is also the citizen’s united ruling from the supreme court that makes it unconstitutional to restrict political advertising. Much better to remove the need for advertising rather than try to police where the money comes from. Of course doing this is not easy, but it is the only solution that will work.
- hwstar 11y agoSo maybe we need a few constitutional amendments to resolve the issue.
- Mikeb85 11y agoThis seems strange. First a 'minimum wage' seems to be against what Republicans stand for. Second, its pandering to a group that can't vote in US elections. Third, established industry will be against this.
- Nadya 11y agoI think the idea is that the min. wage is meant to be more prohibitive. People who are losing jobs to "cheaper H-1B" employees. This would benefit people who feel they are losing out to foreign labor as employees would rather pay a local $80k than an H-1B $110k when previously they could pay the H-1B 55k, putting the local out of the job. E: I decided to open the article. My hunch was correct. >"to prevent employers from using the program to replace hard-working American men and woman with cheaper foreign labor,"
- gerpsh 11y agoMy guess is that a high minimum wage would incentivize employers to hire citizens instead of new immigrants. There are plenty of anti-immigrant Republicans, as Donald Trump and his current base have illustrated.
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- devrelm 11y agoExactly. This panders to their anti-immigration base. If it were a serious proposition, then he would have at least tied the salary to some percentage of the median salary for the job being applied for. That said, it's still weird because it'll likely piss off the large donors. I understand that he's trying to take some of Trump's base using Trump's tactics, but the only reason that Trump gets away with it is because he's financing his own campaign and couldn't care less about fundraising.
- dennisnedry 11y agoIt's not strange, Cruz is literally "pandering" to tech employees, who would not want to see their jobs being replaced via H1B's. Back in the 2000's, this is exactly what happened to Motorola. H1B's made peanuts and replaced their American counterparts. This is incidentally what Mark Zuckerberg champions as well.
- gdilla 11y agoIf you look at the database, you'll see that H1Bs are awarded to non tech people too - like cooks, researchers, etc. A lot of foreign chef's are brought over on H1Bs to run or train a staff. Here's one for a thai restaurant in NYC, salary $30K. http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=POK+POK+NY+LLC&job=COOK&city=&year=ALL http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=POK+POK+NY+LLC&job=COOK&cit...
- dwarman 11y agoThe example of lost US jobs, given in the article, is actually about off-shoring. Not related to H1-B at all. Lets get that under control first. Secondly, the process I went through back in the 70s, the position should be advertised for some length of time and if there is a qualified US applicant that person should be hired instead.