Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

[gtyellowjacket]

Musk saying we need to increase H1B spots. I wouldn't agree with this if still using the random lottery system we currently have - where most spots are taken by Indian owned 'consulting firms' (aka bodyshops). I liked the idea that was previously floated of filling the spots ranked by salaries of the positions (highest to lowest) rather than flooding the market with a bunch of cheap entry level workers.

I love that idea. I also think it should be much easier for those guys to switch companies. If companies need to treat h1b holders like human beings to keep them, the foreign workers are more on par with the demands of US citizen workers. Then the only real reason to hire them is that they are more talented and not just easier to exploit.

 

[JCTarheel82]

So embarrassing.

 

[korgguy1971]

 

[dukeman92]

The scariest part of this is that the press has become complicit in this nonsense.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

That's it, Bezos. Just let those right-wing shitbirds have a platform in your paper to agree with every crazy Trump idea. Enjoy your tax cuts, asshole.

At this point it would be interesting to compile a list of legacy and social media sites that could still be classified as liberal-leaning or even centrist-leaning, and compare it with all of the pro-Trump right-wing networks, including legacy networks that have moved right in the past few years, like Politico, the WaPo, and LA Times. My guess is that the list of truly centrist or left-leaning networks (especially those that are willing to challenge Trump) is growing awfully thin.

 

[lawtig02]

At this point it would be interesting to compile a list of legacy and social media sites that could still be classified as liberal-leaning or even centrist-leaning, and compare it with all of the pro-Trump right-wing networks, including legacy networks that have moved right in the past few years, like Politico, the WaPo, and LA Times. My guess is that the list of truly centrist or left-leaning networks (especially those that are willing to challenge Trump) is growing awfully thin.

 

[Kingpin]

The scariest part of this is that the press has become complicit in this nonsense.

The Orban-ization has begun

 

[ChileG]

“There will never again be another Christmas as good as this last one because of what is to come,” sounds ominous.

 

[lawtig02]

The Orban-ization has begun

It still boggles my mind that the plurality of voters looked at America circa 2024 and thought, “You know, I would really prefer to be living in Hungary.”

 

[wmheel1287]

It still boggles my mind that the plurality of voters looked at America circa 2024 and thought, “You know, I would really prefer to be living in Hungary.”

American voters don't think. Period. They don't. Pretending they do is a fool's errand. We are a nation of absolute morons in most every way.

 

[hedge]

Is there a downside to that for the US?

I would probably say that it's a bad idea for us to pull out.

 

[UNCatTech]

At this point it would be interesting to compile a list of legacy and social media sites that could still be classified as liberal-leaning or even centrist-leaning, and compare it with all of the pro-Trump right-wing networks, including legacy networks that have moved right in the past few years, like Politico, the WaPo, and LA Times. My guess is that the list of truly centrist or left-leaning networks (especially those that are willing to challenge Trump) is growing awfully thin.

According to the local trump crowd they are all liberal and don't give poor little trump a fair shake.

 

[StrangePackage]

 

[Healing]

Congrats maga, your techno god just called you ungrateful and difficult.

 

[WaynetheDrain]

I love that idea. I also think it should be much easier for those guys to switch companies. If companies need to treat h1b holders like human beings to keep them, the foreign workers are more on par with the demands of US citizen workers. Then the only real reason to hire them is that they are more talented and not just easier to exploit.

What idea? He didn’t present any actual idea.

 

[Bobfripp]

Ouch!

 

[gtyellowjacket]

What idea? He didn’t present any actual idea.

I liked the idea that was previously floated of filling the spots ranked by salaries of the positions (highest to lowest) rather than flooding the market with a bunch of cheap entry level workers.

 

[UNCatTech]

Maybe if the US was doing better in educating their citizens, we wouldn't need to bring in people with these skills.

It's interesting that Musk and drump seem to be ok bringing in lower paid people for the computer industry, but they want to stop those in the agricultural industry. Maybe it follows the thought of them wanting to dumb down the American worker, so they are easily manipulated? Maybe?

 

[WaynetheDrain]

Ahh, my mistake. Thought you were speaking about the quoted Musk tweet.

 

[SmilingJack]

Wow it's like apartheid and Krugerrands never existed? Peter Theil, Musk et al are playing the pubs & public media like a fiddle and hate is such a great seasoning in any American meal. We best check ourselves before we wreck ourselves. I'm thinking it's too late.