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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by jopsen on Saturday September 20, 2025 @12:41AM (#45310448)
> does not make the overall state of the population that much less shitty.

Has it ever been better?

Not saying it shouldn't, just that we might have unrealistic expectations.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by reverius42 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @03:44AM (#45311330)
Housing affordability was better from 2009-2021 than now. https://www.atlantafed.org/research/data-and-tools/home-owne...

Total national health expenditures have grown much faster than population growth: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spe...

And yet, over the same time period, life expectancy hasn't gone up that much: https://datacommons.org/tools/visualization#visType%3Dtimeli...

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @09:13AM (#45313099)
<< we might have unrealistic expectations.

I deleted longer response from yesterday. Long story short, I disagree. If anything, it is unrealistic for anyone to expect that current economic ecosystem is sustainable.

I don't expect a lot, but I do expect my standard to improve over that of my parents', not decrease.

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