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I'm a late Gen X guy. Things were not easy, but I had a way to succeed through education. I was just grateful my life was easier because my parents had done a l

I'm a late Gen X guy. Things were not easy, but I had a way to succeed through education. I was just grateful my life was easier because my parents had done a lot of suffering and heavy lifting to make sure I had a chance at a better future. I would hate to be a kid today. The majority are going to have it tougher than the last 3-4 generations. No job security, not enough jobs, housing out of reach, Uni too expensive without loans and if you graduate, corporations game IT contract work / H1B's at the expense of kids getting out of Uni. People want change but, I'm afraid they're going to get, the kind of change they don't need. Need to make sure every kid who wants an education can get an affordable one and that there are no 3 million H1B's and their spouses working in the USA. India needs to stop exporting its poverty to the USA but, I doubt the politicians will go against their corporate overlords.

netsharc 2y ago
Your last paragraph really demonstrates that shift to the right...
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Not at all, we saw what NAFTA did, H1Bs for wage suppression are simply the new extension, to push labor costs down. If you believe in labor protections, that includes protecting against this threat model. https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wage-levels/ https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wa... https://www.epi.org/publication/new-evidence-widespread-wage-theft-in-the-h-1b-program/ https://www.epi.org/publication/new-evidence-widespread-wage... https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/h1b_visa_fraud/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/h1b_visa_fraud/
- ChumpGPT 2y ago
  Only when it comes to protecting Americans and their well-being. Everyone should have affordable health care, medicine, education, etc. If you can't pay, we ensure you are still taken care of. Is that right-wing? I have seen good-paying jobs disappear for our youth. Every company I walk into there are entire floors of Indians working. These are some of the biggest corporations in America. These Indians are not citizens but either contract or H1B employees.
  - cherry_tree 2y ago
    I think the racism and anti immigration rhetoric is what they meant by right wing.
    - toomuchtodo 2y ago
      Indian nationals were the main beneficiaries of H-1B temporary visas for highly skilled foreign workers, accounting for 72 percent of all H-1Bs approved in FY 2023, followed by Chinese and Filipinos (12 percent and 1 percent, respectively). That's data, not racism imho. Indian nationals are the primary beneficiary of H1Bs, the evidence shows H1Bs are used to depress domestic wages for the benefit of corporate visa sponsors and those granted visas. This gets us to ChumpGPT's thesis relatively trivially.
hehbot 2y ago
Ah yes, India is responsible for the woes of the US, as opposed to decades of economic malfeasence
- anonreeeeplor 2y ago
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- ChumpGPT 2y ago
  They export their poverty to the world. They should all stay in India and make India Great Again. Who needs them here....
  - beretguy 2y ago
    I voted for Harris but I'm sick of H1Bs and seeing jobs getting outsourced to India and everywhere else outside of USA. I'm programmer and looking to switch to nursing because if it.

netsharc 2y ago

Your last paragraph really demonstrates that shift to the right...

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Not at all, we saw what NAFTA did, H1Bs for wage suppression are simply the new extension, to push labor costs down. If you believe in labor protections, that includes protecting against this threat model. https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wage-levels/ https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wa... https://www.epi.org/publication/new-evidence-widespread-wage-theft-in-the-h-1b-program/ https://www.epi.org/publication/new-evidence-widespread-wage... https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/h1b_visa_fraud/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/h1b_visa_fraud/
ChumpGPT 2y ago
Only when it comes to protecting Americans and their well-being. Everyone should have affordable health care, medicine, education, etc. If you can't pay, we ensure you are still taken care of. Is that right-wing? I have seen good-paying jobs disappear for our youth. Every company I walk into there are entire floors of Indians working. These are some of the biggest corporations in America. These Indians are not citizens but either contract or H1B employees.
- cherry_tree 2y ago
  I think the racism and anti immigration rhetoric is what they meant by right wing.
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    Indian nationals were the main beneficiaries of H-1B temporary visas for highly skilled foreign workers, accounting for 72 percent of all H-1Bs approved in FY 2023, followed by Chinese and Filipinos (12 percent and 1 percent, respectively). That's data, not racism imho. Indian nationals are the primary beneficiary of H1Bs, the evidence shows H1Bs are used to depress domestic wages for the benefit of corporate visa sponsors and those granted visas. This gets us to ChumpGPT's thesis relatively trivially.

hehbot 2y ago

Ah yes, India is responsible for the woes of the US, as opposed to decades of economic malfeasence

anonreeeeplor 2y ago
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ChumpGPT 2y ago
They export their poverty to the world. They should all stay in India and make India Great Again. Who needs them here....
- beretguy 2y ago
  I voted for Harris but I'm sick of H1Bs and seeing jobs getting outsourced to India and everywhere else outside of USA. I'm programmer and looking to switch to nursing because if it.