[quote=lifeisgood]I never said that H1-B’s didn’t want to come here. I said they could care less about America other than the U.S. being a conduit to a better life. If they had the same opportunities in their own country, they wouldn’t move here. I just read an article that Disney hired 200 H1-B’s and had their employees that are being replaced, train them. To say that big companies aren’t abusing the system is naïve. “Google” H1-B abuse and you will find MANY articles of BIG companies abusing the system. My ONLY problem with the H1-B system is that I truly believe that immigrants are being hired over Americans who have the same level of skill but won’t take less pay for the position. It’s common sense to hire immigrants who in the long run will deliver the same product at less long term cost to the company. I do believe that a lot of companies out there don’t abuse it, but there are a crap ton that do.
I’m also willing to admit that people who come from sub par countries most likely work harder than our entitled society. So some of this problem is on the U.S.[/quote]
Again, this is where you are wrong. H1-B’s come here because they want to stay here in as much your parents came here and wanted to stay here and immigrant here. (unless your parents are american indian or your parents were african american slaves that were forced to come here)….
Just like your parents, H1-Bs pay their federal, state taxes, and they also pay social security taxes, despite not being able to collect on them in case they get sent back. They pay SDI to CA and they pay for just about every other tax, just like everyone else. I hardly see how a $100k+ H1-B paying their W2 taxes (which is the most tax inefficient way to earn money in the U.S.) isn’t contributing their fair share of taxes when I’m sure you have plenty of small businesses in the mall that shut off their cashier registers mid-day to not pay their fair share of taxes….
If you are going to “blame” someone, blame the company, blame american consumers that no longer can afford to buy more smartphones and tablets….Because Qualcomm derives more than 51% of it’s business in China where it has to compete with other chinese players, more so on cost. True, Qualcomm could just leave the chinese market. But then what? Instead of laying off 15% of QCT, shut down QCT completely and lay everyone off except for those that work for QTL (royalty/licensing aka: lawyer group)?
