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While that might be what's happening in some regards - it definitely wasn't by design. Your giving too much credit to policy builders and far too much weight t

• lotsofpulp 4y ago
  When the consequences are trivially visible and remain for this long, then it becomes by design by way of inaction by the people who make the rules.
  • boringg 4y ago
    Again Occam's razor. Your are applying to much to it. There's been no push to overhaul H1B as it has little political value for the politicians. I see what people are frustrated about especially those on H1B but I don't think it is some cynical reason by the politicians - its more that it has little to gain for them. It's a non-voting group of people and it isn't a large enough issue for any of their voting base. It is not some weird theory about keeping H1B an underclass and putting downwards pressure on domestic employees.
    • lotsofpulp 4y ago
      > its more that it has little to gain for them. But it will cause them a loss from the big donors that do benefit from H1-B people having less negotiating power, which is why the cynicism is warranted. “Occam’s razor” is for situations where something is happening unintentionally. There exists intention here, however indirect.
      • boringg 4y ago
        Occam's razor: "It is generally understood in the sense that with competing theories or explanations, the simpler one, for example a model with fewer parameters, is to be preferred."