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gtyellowjacket said:
I'm okay with this. The point of the fee was not to be a revenue driver, even of that is what was claimed. It was to keep companies from using foreign labor to drive down wages and keep a more compliant workforce. From what I am seeing, it has been successful.
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20-25% ( I forget the exact number) of Physicians practicing in the USA are from "elsewhere"
So thats bad?
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I support efforts to exempt medical workers. Most H1b physicians are in rural areas. Real need for those in my opinion. Less so for IT workers.
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The IT worker thing is a bit weird at times
We had a massive Medicaid overhaul at DHHS maybe 10 years ago-hell maybe 20 lol. Like 60 workers from I don't know Korea-did all the work Put them in Hotels I think for maybe 3 years
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I'm okay with this. The point of the fee was not to be a revenue driver, even of that is what was claimed. It was to keep companies from using foreign labor to drive down wages and keep a more compliant workforce. From what I am seeing, it has been successful.
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This is an insane take. High level talent and intellect by definition going elsewhere. Are we replacing them with our homegrown talent from Alabama?
 
TangledUpInBlue06 said:
They want power and proximity to power more than they want self-respect and integrity.

I know debasing oneself to further your political career is not unique to this group. But this should be disqualifying from their current positions and certainly any higher positions they aspire to.

What good is the cabinet to the President if they can't muster the courage to say "Mr. President, thanks for the shoes, it's such a generous and thoughtful gift. They're beautiful. Unfortunately they don't fit. I'd love to get them in the correct size." You think the person that is too scared to say that will disagree with the President on something actually meaningful? And what kind of sycophant would want to work in an environment like that anyway?

I'd say show some backbone, but we're talking about shoes. It doesn't even require backbone.

Tell me how Marco Rubio is going to be leader of the free world when he can't tell Donald Trump the shoes he gave him as a gift don't fit great.
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The thing none of these Trump underlings want to do is make a meaningful impact and change in the world.

As you wrote, they want power and proximity to power.

Trump, in his narcissistic mind, thinks he is making meaningful and important and lasting change. He views the chaos he creates as important change that improves the world.

Most Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, Attorneys General, Majority Leaders, and Speakers of the House think, “What can I do?”

Trump’s underlings think, “How does Trump want me to blow him today?”
 
dukeman92 said:
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A good many people (including some liberals) have been getting excited since he first took office in 2017 about the next Trump scandal or boneheaded decision or horrific statement or action surely being the event that would finally bring him down in some way - the 25th would be invoked, Congress would finally not only impeach but actually convict him and remove him, MAGA was going to finally turn on him, and so on. I decided a long time ago, in his first term, that it was never going to happen. The guy has been convicted on 34 counts and is a convicted felon, been impeached twice, fomented a genuine riot and insurrection to thwart members of Congress from doing their constitutional duty and certifying an election victory (and it got people killed), and on and on and none of it has made any difference. He did all of that and still got elected in 2024 and won the national popular vote.

He is a monster and I'm firmly convinced that he will go down as the worst president in our history - and the revelations about his presidency in future years as all of the stories dribble out will likely drive his reputation even lower than it currently is, if that's possible - but there is also no denying that he has been a force of nature as president and has had a profound, poisonous, and perhaps long-term very ugly effect on our politics and government and even our society and culture. It's going to take us very a long time, if ever, to recover from what this man and his movement have done to the country. He's like the personification of the darkest American id come to life.
 
uncgriff said:
This is an insane take. High level talent and intellect by definition going elsewhere. Are we replacing them with our homegrown talent from Alabama?
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Its not high level intellect in many cases. Its low level IT workers that can't push back too hard against exploititive employers because they can't easily switch jobs and if they get fired, they get kicked out of the country.

Its not the exotic genuis these employers are looking for. Its the indentured servant.
 
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