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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by charliea0 on Friday September 19, 2025 @07:52PM (#45308221)
Given all of that, the unemployment rate is still only 4.5%.
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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by toomuchtodo on Friday September 19, 2025 @07:59PM (#45308261)
Sounds like the metric is unreliable and cannot be trusted as input for policy, based on the evidence and ground truth.

U-6 (the most inclusive unemployment rate) is 8.1 as of this comment: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U6RATE

So, start cutting labor visas until the unemployment rate improves. The domestic labor clearly exists.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by toomuchtodo on Monday September 29, 2025 @11:10AM (#45414809)
Additional citation:

Millions of Workers Are Left Out of the 'Low-Hire, Low-Fire' US Job Market - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45414795 - September 2025

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