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Reality check: Trump pledged to end the program in 2016.

Called it. When push comes to shove, Trump is always going to side with the ultra-rich.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldOP
      631·
      21 days ago

      Its actually very worrying.

      He’s already killed a budget bill and defied a MAGA bread and butter policy issue, for his obvious benefit, back-to-back with zero real pushback. His bounds seem basically unlimited.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        27·
        21 days ago

        Defied MAGA bread and butter

        Lol, he’s done with MAGA. He got his term, he has no further use for his supporters or their agenda. Discard them like toilet paper.

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        21 days ago

        Trump was always going to side with moneyed interests. Though he is certainly racist, he doesn’t care about his supporters or what they want. His in-group is crass wealth.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldOP
    161·
    21 days ago

    Oh, so technically this is a repost of https://lemmy.world/post/23634989

    The URL has already been posted, but Axios ninja edited the article as events unfolded, as they tend to do. I’m treating this as a new development, but mods, please delete if you think that’s prudent.

  • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
    121·
    20 days ago

    350 million people in the US and none of them are talented enough for this guy. The government had 350 million chances to educate and professionalize, and here we are outsourcing to India because Musk isn’t happy with the current crop.

    Lmao

    • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
      7·
      20 days ago

      And of course is has nothing to do with talent and training at all, the US (and many others) created the system where you put yourself into huge debts to get the education the companies need from you, and then they also don’t want to pay you a wage that will allow you to live comfortably and crawl out of that debt.

      So then they buy the government and arrange for people with similar education, who are more desperate, less informed of labour laws and unable to switch jobs when they get here.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.world
      51·
      20 days ago

      H1B workers kept Twitter from imploding. They couldn’t quit unless they had a new job lined up. They couldn’t complain about having to sleep in the office or they might get deported.

      Native US workers could just walk out.

      This is why Muskrat loves visa workers

    • heavy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      20 days ago

      Right?

      Let there be no mistake, it’s not about talent so much as it is about keeping wages low. Many tech companies do this explicitly, especially since interest rates rose and investing money stopped being free.

      Anecdotally, I was at a company and was instructed not to hire in the US. I could choose Montréal, a few countries in Europe, or Isreal.

      US was off limits, not enough budget.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        20 days ago

        Many of them have been doing this shit since the 90s. When I read about how “we no find coderz in the U.S!” I know it’s complete horse manure. I suppose there are some niche fields where it might actually be hard to source certain types of engineers or what have you.

        But seriously, programming? You cannot find that locally? GTFO with that…

        For a brief blip there I hoped that agent orange might actually blow up H-1B, even if for the wrong reasons, but this outcome (moneyed interests calling the tune) is entirely expected, I guess. Even if his racist base haaaaaates it.

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    4·
    21 days ago

    Because in Trump’s mind you can deport them after you burn through them. The shocking part would be if Trump wants to give them citizenship.