In 2011, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat who has represented Silicon Valley for many years, observed that the average wage for a computer-systems analyst in her district was $92,000.
  • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You want H-1B workers, fine! They get citizenship after a year. They get taxed at the same rate as anyone else so they also get a vote. Taxation without representation. Fuck that

    • Kaboom@reddthat.comOP
      3·
      23 hours ago

      I’m pretty sure very few want h1bs. It’s just the c suite executives that do. Every one else either doesn’t want them or doesn’t care

      • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world
        4·
        22 hours ago

        I was referring to the royal you.

        My point is immigration can be good, if it’s properly handled and the workers are able to actually participate in the policy of the country they’re working in. I have a lot of coworkers that were initially H-1B and are now in the naturalization pipeline. Waiting on citizenship for over a decade some of them.

        They pay income, property and sales taxes. Their kids go to public schools that their taxes help to fund. They have debt and credit scores. They’re active contributing members of society. However they have no say in how any political system they live within is run and have the spectre of deportation to worry about now.

        For those not seeking citizenship it’s even worse. C-suite executives and corporations profit heavily from their labor and they’re stuck in limbo. It’s akin to indentured servitude as their presence in this country is predicated on their work. Their boss has a lot of say in how and where they live their lives.