End H1B's now. American jobs for American programmers

[DANIEL HENEGHAN]

Election day is coming up. It is clear that the interestes of tech workers
do not lay with either of the parties, therefore the best strategry for your
interests is to punish the incumbent, George Bush.

During the past 4 years 400,000 tech jobs have been lost. Despite this the
govenment not only clings on to the discredited H1B program but is actually
advocating for an increase in the number of foreigners to be brought over
and take American jobs. It is absurd to argue that these are jobs that
Americans cannot/willnot do. Americans are the best software developers in
the world, are now and always have been. Name a single significant product
or develope that ever came from India or China.

Nonetheless, industry and ethnic advocates have hoodwinked American
politicians and the gullible sheep that we refer to as mainstream media.
Industry id not hoodwinked, they want their labor to be cheap, fearful and
pliable. H1B's do nothing to advance the interestes of the vast majority of
Americans, they only advance the interests of a miniscule minority of
ethinic advocates (Indian, Chinese, Latin) and greedy entrepreuners who only
care of their own fortune, not yours.

Bush did not create this problem, but he has presided over it for 4 years,
has done nothing and is inclined to make it worse. Punish Bush at the polls
for his contempt of the American worker and his family. These worlds come
from a life-long Republican.

regards,

 

[CJ Taylor]

Is this necessary every 6 months Dan?

 

[DANIEL HENEGHAN]

We are getting close to the election, prepare to get it about twice a week,
herein.

 

[DANIEL HENEGHAN]

CJ,

If you think that I am distorting evidence or otherwise not being trutfull
in my assessment and opinion of the H1B program, the false, dishonest,
assumptions that went into it, and the real harmful impact that it has had
on hundreds of thousands of American workers, then call me on it. Tell me
where I am wrong.

regards,

 

[CJ Taylor]

Daniel,

We talked about this a couple months ago. I don't think that H1B's can be
considered the primary reason, if even the secondary reason for a 400,000+
IT job fallout. If anything it goes back to April of 2001 when a lot of
companies were called on the carpet for inflated/false returns. No money,
no jobs, american and H1B both.

As for foreigners coming over to take American jobs, and being encouraged to
do so. I don't necessarily consider that to be false. But so many
Americans are just asking for way too much money from companies that don't
have it to pay them. The days of a 150,000+/yr w/ 50k+ signing and car, cat
and boat are just over. And no one seems to want to settle on that.

As for American's being the best software developers in the world? Well,
for american companies sure, if you can afford them (because it seems all of
them are 1099's) and get what you want out of them. But I have seen a lot
of consultants and independent developers pull a lot of bait-and-switch
tactics as well, especially around project completion. Or suddenly have
hidden charges. It's a tainted market.

I believe everyone should be paid. And I believe that Americans should have
American jobs, don't get me wrong there. But at the same time, I think 90%
of the software development market is complete s***. There are a lot, and I
do mean *a lot* of hacks out there. American and H1B both. Hell, you have
even more in the offshore development houses (not all... there are a few out
there that are good).

So coming down to it, is it H1B's fault? Maybe, but not the cause. There
are just a lot of bad programmers out there, no one knows who to trust and
money isn't flying around like it used to.

But if you think John Kerry is going to straigten this thing out, you've got
another thing coming. It took him months to finally make a vague statement
of how he would handle Iraq. A war he wants/doesn't want/wants/doesn't
want/wants/doesn't want to be a part of. How do you think he's going to
handle this?

Peace,
CJ

CJ,

If you think that I am distorting evidence or otherwise not being trutfull
in my assessment and opinion of the H1B program, the false, dishonest,
assumptions that went into it, and the real harmful impact that it has had
on hundreds of thousands of American workers, then call me on it. Tell me
where I am wrong.

regards,
"CJ Taylor" <cege [ahh ttt] tavayn wooohooo hooo ohhh com> wrote in message

Is this necessary every 6 months Dan?



for
your

developers

in majority
of who
only

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Tell me where I am wrong.

Okay, Daniel, here's where you're wrong:

This is a Microsoft ASP.Net technical support newsgroup. This is not a
platform for political debate. Therefore, your entire effort in this
newsgroup is wrong. I could go on regarding your logic, but I would be as
guilty as you if I did.

Everyone thinks that their personal axe to grind is so important that an
exception should be made. However, if you made an exception for everyone, it
would be a rule, not an exception. Most of the rest of us realize that and
behave accordingly.

Please pontificate where it is appreciated and does NOT have the opposite
effect from what you desire, that is, of driving people away from your point
of view because they are so annoyed with your lack of common netiquette.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

CJ,

If you think that I am distorting evidence or otherwise not being trutfull
in my assessment and opinion of the H1B program, the false, dishonest,
assumptions that went into it, and the real harmful impact that it has had
on hundreds of thousands of American workers, then call me on it. Tell me
where I am wrong.

regards,
"CJ Taylor" <cege [ahh ttt] tavayn wooohooo hooo ohhh com> wrote in message

Is this necessary every 6 months Dan?



for
your

developers

in majority
of who
only