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That's an interesting take; I haven't ever heard that argument used a defense of the Jones Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 https:/
by whycombinetor 4y ago
That's an interesting take; I haven't ever heard that argument used a defense of the Jones Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 , which is the classic example of protectionist/anti-foreigner-employment legislation.
- xhkkffbf 4y agoCertainly it cuts both ways. But I think in the case of H1b visas, the people are all coming from a few areas of the world that are already overrepresented in Silicon Valley. It's largely a question of what does the country owe to the people who helped build it and fund it with the taxes they paid. Should the country be able to toss them aside for low-priced import labor? Certainly protectionist measures can be misused to create overprotected classes, but in this area I think the ageism especially in the US is really a problem.