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Wicked Blue

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1. There are plenty of unemployed and underemployed tech people in the U.S.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:20 PM

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Corporations laid them off because they were "paid too much," in order to hire cheap foreign labor through the H1b program. This has been going on for a couple of decades.

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The $100,000 H-1B visa fee is impacting the U.S.'s ability to attract global talent [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP

There are plenty of unemployed and underemployed tech people in the U.S. Wicked Blue Yesterday #1

Horse ****. biocube Yesterday #2

As long as we have tech companies laying off US workers pinkstarburst 23 hrs ago #3

One of the few policies from this Misadministration that isn't crazy IbogaProject 19 hrs ago #4

Hard to muster up too much sympathy fujiyamasan 19 hrs ago #5