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Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
".. Rather ask Qualcomm to open R&D center in their own country and get people employed there!!!" Isn't the Chinese government, for one, now requiring all foreign high-tech firms to share their intellectual properties with their Chinese partners or co-workers, in order to do business in China? That's already like "asking" an American company, such as Qualcomm, to open R7D center in China, isn't it?— March 14, 2011 8:42 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
"You talk about protectionism but you have to remember other countries would reciprocate with protectionism and US companies from whom you are looking for job won't have business in those countries!!! Weather we like it or not , all Multinational companies majority of earning is coming from overseas rather than USA!!!" I suppose you would label protecting American jobs for Americans of all races against the foreigners as protectionism, also, not surprisingly. So, basically, China or India has now evolved to the stage where it not only blackmails Americans to buy products made by the Chinese or Indians, but, also blackmails Americans to hire them, as well. And you know why the majority of earnings by multinational companies come from overseas rather than USA? It's because less and less Americans can afford to buy their products due to depreessed wage or unemployment, as a result of the decades of exodus of American jobs and influx of H-1B visa workers, such as you, by the unpatriotic, greedy, American capitalists! And if push comes to shove, I bet Americans would still fare a lot better than others under protectionism, despite the doomsday bs by the corporate managements and their sold-out politicians, because America is quite capable of being self-sufficient.— March 14, 2011 8:34 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
It's too obvious that many multinational American corporations are self-serving hypocrites and traitors who defend their unpatriotic practice of outsourcing or insourcing excessive number of jobs to foreign engineers, as the American way of free commerce and trade, and accuse any protectionism that holds them responsible or accountable as "un-American", instead. And that's after they milked all the tax breaks and government subsidies that they can.— March 14, 2011 6:54 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
"If that's the case, why should we subsidize our schools from our taxes in order to educate so many people from China and India? That's never going to happen." sd_engineer, unfortunately that *has been" happening already for decades in the U.S. I remember being told by a Chinese foreign student, many years ago, that the Chinese government would not allow its students to study abroad in the U.S. or elsewhere unless all their expenses were guaranteed by the universities from which they sought graduate degrees. And who ultimately ended up subsidizing all their educational and living expenses? You guessed it, American taxpayers! "I'm not xenophobic, but this doesn't sound like the society that I would want to build. If I wanted to live in India or China, I would move there." Neither do I, especially when my job opportunites are taken away by H-1B visa workers. And I'm an Asian-American myself! "Someone who is borderline racist, who thinks that Americans are stupid and that students from India and China "are just good"." If Indian or Chinese engineers are so much better than American engineers, then why haven't we hear of great innovations by them more often? Why don't they go back to or stay in their own countries to innovate and compete against the American engineers from there? With so many "superior" engineering graduates in those two countries, you'd think that they would be out-innovating the U.S. by now.— March 14, 2011 6:37 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
India's per capita income is some 1/40th of the US's. Comparing India and the US is apples to oranges. ******************************************* You'd be surprised how many unemployed American professionals would like to go to India on a teporary work visa, now, as long as they are paid the livable wages comparable to their native Indian peers. They'd probably welcome the experience until they can return to the States when their job prospects improve.— March 13, 2011 11:45 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
And please tell us that India brings in as many foreign guest workers as the U.S. or, better, that its immigration policy is at least as good as that of USA. I don't believe you can, in all honesty! And don't tell me that Indians don't believe that India is for Indians.— March 13, 2011 10:59 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
I think that the H1-B program should be eliminated but that the number of openings for permanent residency and citizenship for highly skilled technical professionals should be increased by the same number of engineers that were coming over on H1-B visas. ******************************************************&**** Highly unlikely, Bill, as that would eliminate the unfair advantage for the companies that benefit from the de facto indentured servitude which the H-1B visa allows to them. Besides, my guess (as I have no hard proof) is that many, if not most, H-1B visa workers end up as permanent residents and citizens, anyway.— March 13, 2011 10:53 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
And all those who says they have right in this country, this country is country of immigrant. Only native indian american can lay the claim of their country!!! **************************************************** Well, yes and no. Yes, USA is a country of immigrants, like ANY country on this hemisphere. But, let's face it, it's a country founded by the European settlers and built largely by them and their descendants for THEMSELVES foremostly. And as the majority that, at least for now and for the foreseeable future, owns and controls it, it is strictly THEIR prerogative to control immigration as they see fit, as it is with ANY other country controlled by whoever. In fact, most non-European Americans, i.e., blacks, Latinos, and Asians who have been here for a while agree that further immigration and guest work to America should be restricted, especially during this harsh economic downturn. I myself am a 1.5 gen immigrant from Korea whose family (legally) immigrated to America when I was just a kid - and we were not sponsored by close relatives or employers as immigrants, by the way. Do I still feel that some ethnic discrimination exists in America? Absolutely! However, that's completely different from whether I believe that America or, to be more specific, the majority Americans - be they whites, blacks, Latinos, or whoever - have the right to limit the number of immigrants or H-1B guest workers, which I definitely DO. I mean, just because the U.S. is a country of immigrants doesn't mean that it should or must have an open-door policy to let just any and all immigrants in, despite the fact that it already has the most lax immigration policy in the world, does it? And, as for the Native Americans whom you mentioned, they are conquered people and, in any case, I seriously doubt that they would welcome the "intruders" from India or China or wherever any more than their ancestors welcomed the Europeans. Again, USA is a country founded and built by the English and other Europeans, not by the Native Americans.— March 13, 2011 10:39 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
I can assure you that these studs are not spending time bashing H-1Bs. **************************************************** Trust me, they will, if their jobs, too, were threatened by H-1B visa workers. And I'd bet that Indian engineers in India are certainly no more comfortable about foreign engineers coming to take their jobs.— March 12, 2011 7:03 p.m.
NFL owners’ arrogance sinking football
Uh, right, NFL is too big to fail, too, so we know what that means, don't we? Yup, BAILOUT time!!!— March 12, 2011 6:49 p.m.