Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for foreign tech workers

Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by energy123 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @07:28PM (#42545017)

If H1B immigrants generates more tax revenue and contribute more on average than locals, largely because of gems like Sundar Pichai that couldn't make the bureaucratic credentialist hurdle of the O1, then what's the problem? It should be expanded and reformed, not contracted and reformed. If you're concerned about degree mills then reform that aspect while expanding the net intake.

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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by xpl on Sunday December 29, 2024 @08:14PM (#42545364)

> then what's the problem

The problem is that the purpose of a country isn't to collect taxes. A country isn't a business, nor is it a sports team (referring to Musk).

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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by bfrog on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:41PM (#42545902)

Sundar Pichai a gem? What? Are we using the same Google?

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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by leosanchez on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @01:02PM (#42560477)

He might be referring to his work on Google Chrome

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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by cmxch on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:53AM (#42550378)

I’d be fine if a third of the total compensation was diverted to a fund that all but takes a minimum of 50k per person per job /gives 100k minimum tax-free per affected citizen in the lowest LCOL, both adjusted upward for locality. To make people whole, that fund would cover citizens in the job market from 2003 onwards that specialized in anything with exposure to the various programs that disincentivized citizens. Then have it apply irrespective of job status.

If you want the best and brightest, pay for the damages created by badly formed policy.

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