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Tech grads: job search will worsen dramatically if immigration bill passes
It seems like the "enforcement first" part of the bill is almost solely focussed at the border itself - more ICE agents, fences, etc. That will help prevent undocumented immigrants from coming into the country across the border but it will do little to prevent them from staying here once they get in. I think they should have E-Verify immediately required (how hard can it be in this day and age) and much stiffer penalties for employers who get caught.— April 20, 2013 8:50 a.m.
Tech grads: job search will worsen dramatically if immigration bill passes
Yes so I think in order to enforce these things in practice the employer should have to prove that they are paying well beyond standard wages. If you're not willing to pay someone at least $20/hr then I think it's hard to say that you're desperate for workers.— April 20, 2013 8:45 a.m.
Tech grads: job search will worsen dramatically if immigration bill passes
From what I've read about this bill, it seems to me the legislators really bent over backwards to cater to employers. Tons of work visas, nothing much about tougher sanctions for employers hiring illegals, e-verify required but a 5 YEAR adoption period, and even a special section of the bill for "employer protections" to make extra sure that employers aren't held responsible for any of the hiring laws they've been breaking.— April 19, 2013 9:11 p.m.
Tech grads: job search will worsen dramatically if immigration bill passes
Yes - the employers should be required to show they really can't find workers even at premium wages. If you can't find unskilled labor for $20/hr then maybe you can say you need extra workers.— April 19, 2013 9:05 p.m.
Tech grads: job search will worsen dramatically if immigration bill passes
In an ideal world I would agree with you but the world is far from ideal. By your definition, almost everyone - including most of those in traditional middle to upper-middle class professions - are overpaid. Certainly there are lots of trade organizations and laws largely intended to limited competition and increase compensation for lawyers, doctors, realtors, financial industry professionals, etc. Proposals such as the one describe in the article are largely directed at lowering the labor cost (and hence the compensation of) one specific category of middle to upper-middle-class worker. Let me know when they start ripping apart the AMA (limiting competion for medical pros), NAR (limiting competition for real estate transactions), ABA (limiting competion for lawyers), TBTF policies providing preferential treatment for certain financial firms, etc. etc. Then maybe it will be fair to talk about not limiting competion.— April 19, 2013 11:55 a.m.
Senate bill tackles H-1B reform to protect American workers
I guess it's something but I think laws like this are almost impossible to enforce. Trying to determine something like "median wages" at a given "skill level" is very difficult to quantify. I think the only enforceable laws are either to just limit the number of visas, or to impose heavy fees to employers for H1Bs so that they have a clear economic incentive to avoid hiring H1B's when there are alternatives.— April 2, 2013 7:19 p.m.
Your SDGE bill may be going up 7.7%
Alan Greenspan may have made his mistakes, but I think he was definitely right about the concept of "moral hazard". If a business doesn't bear the cost for risky or unsafe decisions which save or make money in the short run, then that business will continue to make those risky/unsafe decisions. What's even worse than the huge rate increases is the fact that decisions like this will encourage SDG&E and other utilities across the country to avoid expensive maintenance and safety upgrades because they know that after catastrophes they can pass on the costs to consumers.— March 31, 2013 5:44 p.m.
NFL doctor tries to squelch mention of CTE
"not fully understood," Good one. All encompassing semantic catchphrase. You could pretty much say "not fully understood" about anything. Just because something isn't 100% understood doesn't mean that we can't draw a reasonable conclusion it's effects.— March 28, 2013 9:04 p.m.
Will Chargers leave for LA? Which newspaper d'ya read?
I think the casinos in lower Manhattan may be rigged worse than the ones in Nevada.— March 19, 2013 3:50 p.m.
Will Chargers leave for LA? Which newspaper d'ya read?
Well at least it looks like the payroll is up to about $70M for 2013 from $55M in 2012 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/18/tp-pad… Not exactly the Yankees but at least they seemed to have put the Marlin-esque fire sale on hold.— March 18, 2013 6:25 p.m.