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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by kmonsen on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:07PM (#20473929)
Money is how we as a society have chosen to decide how resources are allocated. Why would we decide to be 'socialist' here and say use a lottery or some other stupid way?

I'm totally amazed how often the US come up with ways for the rich to have the benefits of socialism and the or to have the consequences of capitalism.

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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by roywiggins on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:22PM (#20474515)
> Why would we decide to be 'socialist' here and say use a lottery or some other stupid way?

we already run an immigration lottery

https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/diversity-visa

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