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My New Year resolution is that this year I won't wait until Jan 1st to do something if it is worth doing.

The depth of their shenanigans is bottomless.

The British hated him and funded endless conflict against him.

Why?

Presumably because he represented the threat of upending the monarchies everywhere?

There's definitely a level of comfort that causes humans to become weak, leading to hard times, of course.

I wanted to be wrong about Musk

The right isn't upset that he is allowed to express his ideas.

Elon when Conservatives are upset at the elite class pushing for policies that benefit the elites at the expense of people who voted for Trump.

These things all tie together and it is hard to put them back once they break.

Corporations love to talk about how employees have no loyalty anymore, but it goes both ways, and people are given too many reasons to not be loyal, and few reasons to be loyal.

You know what would really increase profits and lower produce prices?

Actual slavery.

> it is not the immigrant that will pay but you whenever you go to a store and buy the stuff he's making

Yes, that is how it works in countries with a high standard of living.

man, let's be honest here.

Do we want Americans to go picking strawberries for 2k a month?

For probably 10 years I've been very vocal about the problem that companies want fully formed professionals but aren't willing to put the time or effort into training entry level people.

One thing that enrages me about the skilled trades is that governments put on ad campaigns trying to get kids to want to do skilled trades, but in reality when an apprenticeship job is actually advertised, hundreds of people including people who are fully qualified to do the job through education they paid for themselves apply. "Oh, we need more grants for apprentices!" no, we need more apprenticeships.

> 33% tax on h1b visas

Ah, the "Americans don't want to work" argument..

Is it possible that corporations are simply leveraging legal paths (Amazon isnt struggling to pay a few immigration lawyers) to put downward pressure on wages?

> This also happens when most go to college and believe they are above the wages of starting positions.

This isn't the reality.

College grads are struggling to find normal jobs at any rate. Many are just dropping out the workforce.

Blaming it on "kids these days" is turning a blind eye to a massive issue. When an entire generation delivers uber eats to each other and lives in the basement, is it more logical to blame them all as individuals, or to question fundamental aspects of society?

Sure.

Scrap the SS part. If they are that good that they can command 4x the normal rate they deserve it.

It still fixes the broken process and hB1 visas would all but disappear and expose the lie.

I'm not sure I understand your premise.

Are you suggesting that HB1 visa salaries are higher than regular salaries?

Or just that "kids these days aren't what they were when I was a kid?"

This is a winner idea.

It would also expose the fact that there isn't a lack of American talenrt, just a lack of talent at low wages.

Musk is apparently whacking accounts on X that don't agree with the need for unlimited HB1 visas to help corporations ratchet downward pressure on wages.

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