Jonathan Pie explains it

[Undertoad]

Via the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the authority to levy tariffs.

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Trump will not alter the H1B Visa program.

Trump talked to Silicon Valley leaders two weeks ago and he sucked their dicks really hard on TV at the end of it. It was a very surprising, un-Trump moment. (about a minute in, on the video at that link)

I'm pretty certain all they asked was please don't change the H1B Visa program. Please make it bigger, if anything, was what they all said.

And it's fine, really; I don't know for sure, but I think the H1B Visa program improves America. Even if it doesn't improve my particular place in America.

I would not vote for anyone on the basis of what's going to happen to the H1B Visa program and hence I would be considered to be voting "against my best interests".

Guess I'm dumb.

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Via the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the authority to levy tariffs.

~

Trump will not alter the H1B Visa program.

Trump talked to Silicon Valley leaders two weeks ago and he sucked their dicks really hard on TV at the end of it. It was a very surprising, un-Trump moment. (about a minute in, on the video at that link)

I'm pretty certain all they asked was please don't change the H1B Visa program. Please make it bigger, if anything, was what they all said.

And it's fine, really; I don't know for sure, but I think the H1B Visa program improves America. Even if it doesn't improve my particular place in America.

I would not vote for anyone on the basis of what's going to happen to the H1B Visa program and hence I would be considered to be voting "against my best interests".

Guess I'm dumb.

In no way, shape or form, do I think you are dumb. As a matter of fact, I love the way you think and the way you express it, and appreciate it. I was not entirely certain of the tone or implication in your post, so my reply may be not that we'll thought out.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Trump will not alter the H1B Visa program.

Hmmm, but the deal may be altered in other ways...

Trump signs an EO stopping all refugees for 120 days, and all visa holders from seven countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya) for 90 days.

Google orders any of its green card or H1Bers from those countries, that are overseas, to fly back to the US:

Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order

This is odd because H1Bers are not refugees; the average H1Ber salary in the US is 75K*. I worked with one who was investing in a lot of land back in India, and would be considered upper class there.

Anyway, the seven countries represent a small fraction of all H1Bers. Four out of five H1Bers are Indian or Chinese*. Still, when stories like this are in the news, it may cause employers to think twice before bringing in H1Bers.

Or it may cause them to defiantly hire more of them. (Instead of hiring lesser-paid/older IT workers (like me) and training them.) We don't know. Whichever way the wind blows.



* citation: US Gov "Characteristics of H-1B Specialty Occupation Workers"

this post was edited for accuracy 6 minutes after posting