03-09-2015, 10:19 AM
dismal situation with education in this country demands we bring in bright people from elsewhere
H1B isn't about "talent", it's about "money": employers prefer the indentured servitude afforded by H1B visaholders, who dare not complain about being paid a pittance for 80-hour workweeks, lest they be summarily deported.
To the original question: how is it any less a "national security" issue when foreign nationals are allowed run the power grid instead of pilot a cargo ship? Does the shipping industry just have better unions and more lawyers? Because I'm not buying the "security" excuse.
H1B isn't about "talent", it's about "money": employers prefer the indentured servitude afforded by H1B visaholders, who dare not complain about being paid a pittance for 80-hour workweeks, lest they be summarily deported.
To the original question: how is it any less a "national security" issue when foreign nationals are allowed run the power grid instead of pilot a cargo ship? Does the shipping industry just have better unions and more lawyers? Because I'm not buying the "security" excuse.