When asked about H-1B visas that allow foreigners to work in the U.S. in high-demand jobs, the president trashed American workers, telling the Fox personality they are needed because, “Well, I agree, but you also do have to bring in talent.”

Pressed about his answer with, “We don’t have talented people here?” Trump bluntly stated, “No.”

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    H1B is constantly abused to drive costs down. That’s where those “need 7 years experience on a 3 year old product” ads come from. Companies BS their way into claiming there’s no local talent so they can hire from abroad at a discount. The fact that Trump supports this is not a surprise. They literally want slave labor.

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    What he really means is “Talented Americans cost too much”.

    I once had a boss tell me to my face that I had to work three times as hard as the team members in Eastern Europe, because they were paid three times less than I was. Yeah, I didn’t stay long after that.

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    “rebel” = “unquestioningly follow”

    Hey, is this one of you “literal means figurative” people? Stop poisoning The Great Link! Get help!

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    We have enough talented people here, but we do need more people with the right education and training. If he doesn’t want to expand the h1-b program, he’s going to have to invest in education and the incentives for people to get the education the economy requires. Such as pay for certain university degrees or trade certifications. The machine to study and predict what the economy will need will cost money. And he’s going to have to incentivize employers to provide training to people entering the workforce, which will cost money too. Even with all of that, there will still be a need for h1-b visas.

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    What a piece of shit trump is. America has just as talented workers as the rest of the world, and our garbage corporations like to exploit H-1Bs to undercut well deserved labor costs. This is total regulatory capture on display, Trump is a corporate removed and will gladly betray working class Americans if you pay him some money or buy his shitcoin to do so.

    https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

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    American workers don’t want to put in 60-80 hour weeks like these H-1B guys will, overworking assholes.