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A comment on H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada smooths way for techies. Parent comment

Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by techie128 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @03:40AM (#18174008)
What about it is insane? Do you think H4 EADs are only for low paid jobs or for people who have no job prospects to undercut wages in the IT sector? She is a highly qualified engineer. She works for FANG in the Bay Area and is on a high growth trajectory. What is insane is that people like her and me will take our multi-million dollar assets and exit the United States because this government is so hostile towards immigrants. The US not only loses law abiding, highly qualified people but also the taxes that we pay. Together we pay taxes roughly equivalent to 4x the median HH income of the US. Let that sink in for a bit.

What is even crazier is that both our respective employers will move us abroad with whatever relocation package we need to keep us working for them. We will take our jobs with us. Possibly establish teams abroad which we would've done in the US if the damn immigration system would've let us stay.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by nambit on Friday October 12, 2018 @05:44PM (#18204932)
Since H4 is not tied to a job, it's just a bit weird to me that you can have any long term prospects on it. But fair play.

You pay taxes that highly because you're compensated that highly. Don't be under any illusions, you and every high earner in this country is UNDER TAXED. In any european country, you would be paying a LOT MORE in taxes on a similar income.

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