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Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by BrooklynRage on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:10PM (#13582821)
Protecting against wage competition for H-1Bs: More money for me (U.S. citizen / permanent resident tech worker).

In favor of free trade: Cheaper goods for me.

It all boils down to "which collection of policies help me maximize my stuff?" Most people seem to take a more pragmatic approach, valuing tangible things over intellectual consistency.

Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by kofejnik on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:48PM (#13583198)
or maybe intellectual consistency inevitably leads to maximising value for oneself