more on Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Re: [IP] more on Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers]
Date:   Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:00:08 -0700
From:   David Mercer <radix42 () gmail com>
To:     dave () farber net
References:     <43E5096D.4010803 () farber net>



Dave, a few off-list replies to my comment below that you posted on IP
have made it clear to me that I wasn't being explicit enough in my
conclusion.  Of course the companies that need workers want to hire
H1-B workers, as they are cheaper.  I was addressing Bush and
Congress, and pointing out that there ARE Americans willing to take
quite a few jobs that are unfilled, and that perhaps Congress and the
President should look after American workers before the interests of
foreign workers, perhaps by offering companies incentives to relocate
American workers with some kind of tax break or something.

-David Mercer
Tucson, AZ
(for the list, although the off list comments I received didn't want
their thoughts forwarded to it, hence my replying to something I sent!
:-)

On 2/4/06, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> -------- 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 a
> higher 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
> >
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