flurben

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by flurben 6y ago
That is far too low, and far too bureaucratic and far too easy to game. It should simply be a fixed number of visas allocated to the highest wage applicants, like an auction, end of story.
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by flurben 6y ago
Nothing vile about it, it is how all governments around the world operate, for the benefit of their citizens. Does the Indian government care about americans? How about the Chinese?
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by flurben 6y ago
Well that is the original stated legislative intent, for "jobs local people can't do." But in reality, this was never an enforced requirement. It is very common for expensive americans to be fired and replaced with a cheaper
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by flurben 6y ago
American visa programs are run for the benefit of americans. Whether or not the visa holder benefits is incidental and not the point of US law.
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by flurben 6y ago
nonsense. The point of a visa system is to expand the domestic labor pool.
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by flurben 6y ago
The idea that cities must rebuild their infrastructure every generation is completely absurd.
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by flurben 6y ago
What leads you to believe that cutting drug prices would cause doctors' earnings to fall?
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by flurben 6y ago
Your argument here is not well reasoned.
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by flurben 10y ago
Pee Wee Gaskins
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by flurben 10y ago
soo.. do it in COBOL?
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by flurben 10y ago
I love using GAE as well, but I'll be damned if I can find a job using it. It is almost impossible. The few that exist are in the highest-cost locations in America. In that sense I think it's a failure; it simply hasn't be
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by flurben 10y ago
Thanks, iends, I appreciate the info. I'm in Charleston, and have seen maybe one or two. I will check these out.
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by flurben 10y ago
I'm hunting for a python job in NC/SC right now, and yeah, it's all C#, Java, JS.
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by flurben 11y ago
MMT is simultaneously a) a "heterodox" theory that mainstream economists don't consider entirely legitimate, and b) precisely how central banks in the US and UK describe their own routine monetary operations. I still struggl
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by flurben 11y ago
H-1B is explicitly a non-immigrant visa. therefore any economic consensus about immigrants is not relevant to the H-1B. This common misunderstanding is exactly what NFAP, the right-leaning think tank who wrote this study, is trying to expl
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by flurben 11y ago
The study found that 51 percent of the country’s $1 billion startup companies had at least one immigrant founder. To say that "immigrants founded 51% of U.S. billion-dollar startups" seems a bit misleading to me.
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by flurben 11y ago
$140k is what we're discussing in this thread. You're welcome to join us.
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by flurben 11y ago
I did a quick comparison. This doesn't include all the costs, but it should give you an idea of what he/she means: The median sales price of a Santa Clara County 3 bedroom house is $820,000. This is $3,877/mo, plus $850&#x2F
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by flurben 11y ago
buffett also likes companies with a "moat", which (arguably) IBM's patent portfolio provides. Also they can borrow at incredibly cheap rates, which makes them useful as a financial company. (like GE / GE Capital)
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by flurben 11y ago
I support it. I think higher wages for unskilled and semi-skilled workers is generally a good thing. But then, I make a conscious effort to live in an area with reasonable housing prices.
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by flurben 11y ago
I would not call an employer's unwillingness to pay market rates a "Supply and Demand issue."
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by flurben 11y ago
Duplin County, the subject of the article, has about 2 registered Democrats for every 1 registered Republican. They voted for Kay Hagan, and their local politicians are Democratic.