Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms
by candiodari on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @04:12AM
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> Isn't that exactly the main criticism of current H1B system: driving down salaries and standard of living away from U.S. standards down towards India's?
The issue, of course, is that you can have only one of these 2 things :
1) a global market, easy international travel/living
2) Americans making significantly more than the global average (which I might add is $200/month in actual dollars, $1480 in PPP dollars) (this essentially means you can buy $1480 worth of (cheap) food with it, but only $200 worth of iPads)
Which is going to win here ? There can only be one answer, sadly.
The issue, of course, is that you can have only one of these 2 things :
1) a global market, easy international travel/living
2) Americans making significantly more than the global average (which I might add is $200/month in actual dollars, $1480 in PPP dollars) (this essentially means you can buy $1480 worth of (cheap) food with it, but only $200 worth of iPads)
Which is going to win here ? There can only be one answer, sadly.