by Higgenbotham » Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:09 am
From the maintenance phase of a declining civilization files.
Vice President JD Vance launched a withering critique of Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing the tech giant of letting go of American workers while relying heavily on immigrant labor through the H-1B visa program.
Speaking at a bipartisan event co-hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum, Vance questioned the ethics and economic logic behind mass layoffs followed by increased applications for employment-based visas.
"You see some big tech companies where they'll lay off 9,000 workers, and then they'll apply for a bunch of overseas visas. And I sort of wonder; that doesn't totally make sense to me.
"That displacement and that math worries me a bit. And what the president has said, he said very clearly: We want the very best and the brightest to make America their home. We want them to build great companies and so forth. But I don't want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then to go and say, 'We can't find workers here in America.' That's a bullshit story."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compani ... 2b52&ei=11
This has been happening since, oh, about 1971 when the maintenance phase of a declining civilization began (about the time Microsoft was founded in 1975 - coincidence?). There are several available solutions, but preening on the plank before plunging into a dark age isn't about solutions.
From the maintenance phase of a declining civilization files.
[quote]Vice President JD Vance launched a withering critique of Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing the tech giant of letting go of American workers while relying heavily on immigrant labor through the H-1B visa program.
Speaking at a bipartisan event co-hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum, Vance questioned the ethics and economic logic behind mass layoffs followed by increased applications for employment-based visas.
"You see some big tech companies where they'll lay off 9,000 workers, and then they'll apply for a bunch of overseas visas. And I sort of wonder; that doesn't totally make sense to me.
"That displacement and that math worries me a bit. And what the president has said, he said very clearly: We want the very best and the brightest to make America their home. We want them to build great companies and so forth. But I don't want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then to go and say, 'We can't find workers here in America.' That's a bullshit story."[/quote]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/jd-vance-issues-h1-b-visa-warning/ar-AA1JctsH?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=51b0411e19264677e0948ab9127e2b52&ei=11
This has been happening since, oh, about 1971 when the maintenance phase of a declining civilization began (about the time Microsoft was founded in 1975 - coincidence?). There are several available solutions, but preening on the plank before plunging into a dark age isn't about solutions.