Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by linuxftw on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:12PM
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We can solve this problem with tariffs. Digital goods and services can be taxed like any other.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by bijowo1676 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:31PM
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tariffs do not apply to services. You are completely delusional about the governments ability to tax offshoring
The resentment is absolutely understandable.
What I am trying to explain is that, if magically, all foreigners are expelled, H1B/OPT banned, all Indian visas canceled, this will NEVER result in Americans getting more jobs. Quite the opposite. Global Capability Centers already are offshoring everything possible outside the US, just because of trump rhetoric.
American capitalist is not stupid, the billionaires are not idiots. Why should they hire and overpay for unskilled Americans just because they happen to be born here, instead of hiring the most qualified person? Any anti-immigrant legislation will simply accelerate the offshoring, or even worse, will create competing tech giants outside the US.
It is this entitlement attitude is whats going to ruin the US tech sector and scare the talent away.