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As Unemployment Grows, Tech Jobs Hang On

I suggest you make friend with someone holding an H1B visa before you say something about them.

I hold H1B visa. I attended college in the US, worked in Silicon Valley for 8 years. My starting salary, in 2001, was $70k which is by no means lower than average. Laws forbid companies from paying lower to foreign worker.

I paid the same tax rate as any other US citizen, without being able to use allowances because my dependents (parents) are not in the States. I am not protected by any social benefits and if I lose my job I will be deported. But my 401k will have to stay otherwise I got taxed on that as well.

And talking about us taking technology jobs away from US citizens? Well, you know what I can say about that, don't you? You don't need myth buster to clear this one out for you.

I know where you're coming from, but you need to learn the difference between the manufacturing and technology sectors.

On Mar 07 09:20 AM TeresaE wrote:

> How many of the "added" IT jobs went went to American citizens.<br/>
>
> When you look at the DOL's info over the past 10 years, we add fewer
> jobs in IT than we import in H1-B visa workers.
>
> So, how is it there is an American worker shortage when the number
> of jobs added is LESS than the foreigners we import to drive down
> wages?
>
> "High tech" jobs are being sold out to the lowest bidder, just like
> manufacturing.
>
> And, just like health care and teaching already is.
>
> Finally, I firmly believe that every new government job today is
> going to cost the private economy 2 jobs tomorrow. Just how will
> the government (state, local and federal) survive when their paychecks
> are the only ones?
>
> 100% tax on government workers wouldn't even cover it.
>
> Demand smaller government now, or realize they will be the only game
> in town for decades.