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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by AlexB138 on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:54PM (#17805805)
Because that is a race to the bottom for Americans. Americans enjoy a very high standard of living, and having to normalize your wage expectation with people from countries with significantly lower standards of living would destroy that. American companies operate according to American laws, and American laws should be setup in the interest of Americans, not as some charity for the world.

As to "deserve", American citizens also paid the taxes that supplied the infrastructure, education system, legal system, police, etc that allows these companies to grow. That aside, America is a sovereign country, and no one but its citizens has any right to expect it to act in their interest.

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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by closeparen on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:22PM (#17806676)
Fresh college graduates have not paid taxes yet. Every legitimately employed worker pays taxes regardless of citizenship.
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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by conanbatt on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:19AM (#17807438)
> Because that is a race to the bottom for Americans. Americans enjoy a very high standard of living, and having to normalize your wage expectation with people from countries with significantly lower standards of living would destroy that.

Malthus pokes its head.

The workers get paid a fraction of what they produce. Thus the whole society is richer the more workers you have.

Do you really believe americans would be richer if 90% of its population were to be decimated, leaving the survivors with the highest paying jobs?

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