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Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Every time certain occupations in America are offshored en masse, the American workers are told to suck it up and just retrain for the next new jobs, as though it's easy and cheap for them to do. Ridiculous...— March 21, 2011 2:36 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
No, but they could be working as skilled technicians or service workers, like their peers in Germany, as long as their jobs aren't taken away and given to the foreigners by American employers. I doubt there are more than a few over there who sell dopes or engage in illegal activities to make money, just because they didn't end up going to college. Germans simply take care of their workers much better than Americans do with theirs.— March 21, 2011 10:27 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
In fact, creating the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation for humanitarian aids to the third-world notwithstanding, I am more p.o.'ed at Bill Gates and Microsoft for abusing the loopholes of H-1B visa program and perpetuating the myth of the "acute shortage" of skilled IT professionals or domestic college IT graduates in the U.S. But, then again, I'm talking about one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world that has NEVER provided a toll-free number to reach its technical support department, so that figures!— March 17, 2011 7:18 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
"Yes, We in the U.S. Media Are Lousy at Covering H-1B Visa Abuse" http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/tennant/ye…— March 17, 2011 6:50 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
I'm sure Steve Jobs is no saint, but, relevant to this article, the question is whether Apple offshored much engineering jobs or hired many H-1B engineers, over its history. That is, compared to other high-tech companies such as Microsoft or Sun Microsystems, what was its percentage of H-1B engineers from its total engineering employees?— March 17, 2011 6:42 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Is this supposed to do more good than harm for American economy? "'Startup' Visas Could Boost U.S. Entrepreneurship New legislation aims to keep skilled workers in the country if they start companies that create American jobs, Vivek Wadhwa says" "Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) have just introduced a bill that promises to slow down the outflow of skilled talent and boost entrepreneurship in the U.S. This is an updated version of the Startup Visa Act, drafted early last year, which addresses the original bill's major deficiencies. The new version adds provisions to allow foreign students in U.S. universities and workers on H-1B visas to start companies in the U.S." http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2…— March 17, 2011 6:32 a.m.
Get Used to Unemployment
'The military, which has always been a big part of the economy, “will probably slacken a bit with the drawdown of military spending,” says Cunningham. Research jobs in tech, biotech, and telecom are holding up well, but some of those jobs are going to countries such as India and China. “I always thought the smart people wanted to live here, but now biotechs are finding they can do that kind of research for much lower expenses” in foreign countries, he says.' Well, let's connect these two dots (among many that are connected) in our economy. The military needs tax revenues for its ever-bloating budget and expenditures, especially with its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan still going on and with no real end to either in sight (despite Obama's "promise"). But, when Corporate America is selling out to foreign countries for their own quick, big profits, by selling out more and more high-paying jobs to them, we know that translates to more unemployed Americans and less incomes for those that are employed that, in turn, translates to less taxes paid to support the military, as well as all other government entities. In a nutshell, it's really that simple, folks! And I can't help but wonder how many of the domestic students who graduate from UCSD that boasts perhaps one of the best biotech programs in the U.S., if not in the world, are fortunate enough to be hired by the San Diego biotech firms.— March 16, 2011 7:03 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
This is due much to the capitalism run amok in the U.S. Although I believe that capitalism certainly has its virtues, I also believe that it ultimately leads to plutocracy wherein the few powerful and rich corporations and individuals basically rulr the rest mostly for their own greed or paranoia, as practiced most freely in the U.S. Check out a recent article by an expert critique of capitalism: http://chronicle.com/article/Capitalisms-Dismal-F…— March 16, 2011 6:23 a.m.
SD Unemployment Rises to 10.3%
I personally feel that capitalistic socialism or socialistic capitalism in the form of Western Europe or Scandinavia is better than either capitalism or socialism alone. But, hey, that's just me.— March 14, 2011 6:21 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Anyway, a country like China is in absolutely NO position to criticize the U.S. from even entertaining some protectionist measures, when China is already practicing BLATANT protectionism by resorting to its articial currency devaluation, extremely high tariffs on imports, and restrictive import quotas - all to protect its own domestic companies and reduce the flow of money out of the country.— March 14, 2011 8:57 a.m.