H1B

[scottprive at earthlink.net (Scott Prive)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick R. McManus" <mcmanus at ducksong.com>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: H1B


> [Robert La Ferla: May 31 13:29]
>
> > Hiring temporary foreigner workers when there are unemployed people in
our
> > country who will work for reasonable rates is the problem.  Your
argument
>
> Blaming foreigners for an unproductive economy is the problem. It is
> certainly xenophobic. It is certainly hypocritical to not give a large
> share of the credit for building the Linux industry to those foreign
> workers in the first place.

I haven't seen anyone blame "foreigners"... I think people are ticked off at
the politicians and the lobbyists who promote this. It's not xenophobic at
all... though there is the danger it could spin into that... (dual-meaning
for 'spin' was intentional).

This issue stands completely apart from the usual debate over immigration
and it's not fair to characterize the debate this way.

 It's not 'xenophobic' to not want to train your replacement. It's not
xenophobic to not want to see your government tax dollars wasted on
government programs *designed* (having no other outcome!) to put Americans
out of work.

Like anything in life, balance is key to harmony :-)

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