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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:07:09 -0500
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [IP] Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:59:49 -0700 From: David Mercer <radix42 () gmail com> To: dave () farber net References: <20060203145710.340D8A7D2 () thorn sasl smtp pobox com> Dave, I'm just recently back on the job market after a spending the last couple of years in school again (having a baby on the way has shifted priorities!), and while the job market IS heating up again in high tech after the post bubble-burst slump, very few companies are still willing to pay for relocation costs for American workers (compared to the dot-com-boom days). I'd think that getting American's who want those jobs moved to where they are would be ahigher priority than importing cheaper temporary labor from overseas. If we can import Indian and Chinese tech workers, why won't more
companies pay to move someone from one part of the country to another? Cheers, -David Mercer Tucson, AZ (for IP if you wish) On 2/3/06, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: "Claudio Gutiérrez" <claudio.gutierrez.m () gmail com> To: dave () farber net Sent: 2/2/06 16:00 Subject: Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers By Rebecca Knight http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1b8f185c-942f-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html President George W. Bush, who is touring the country as part of a weeks-long campaign to promote his 2006 agenda, called on Congress yesterday to raise the number of visas that allow companies to fill high-tech jobs with foreign workers. "The problem is. . . that Congress has limited the number of H-1B visas," Mr Bush said, referring to the name of the official passport endorsement. "I think it's a mistake not to encourage more really bright folks who can fill the jobs that are having trouble being filled in America, to limit their number. So I call upon Congress to be realistic and reasonable to raise that cap." <snip> "It's clear we don't have enough workers with ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as radix42 () gmail com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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