Ted Rall for February 02, 2017
Transcript:
Narrator: You can't get behind Trump's Muslim Travel Ban. Man 1: I was vetted. I have a visa I spent all my savings on my plane ticket! Man 2: What evs. Narrator: So it's nice to see big tech CEOs from silicon valley coming out against it. Man 3: This will stifle innovation. Narrator: But then you remember that these same tech companies cheat the H1B visa system to import low-wage foreign workers. Man 4: Gaming the system is our innovation. Narrator: And the many un- and under employed american tech workers are part of the reason Trump won. Man 5: So there are no good guys? Woman: Not successful ones.
When tech execs seeking H1B workers claim they can’t get Americans to fill their jobs, they really mean they can’t get Americans to do those jobs for what they’d like to pay. Seems like that “free market” they’re always singing the praises of could resolve this in short order – just offer higher salaries.