r/neoliberal 8d ago

Nearly half of GOP voters want military to put immigrants in camps News (US)

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/30/gop-voters-support-military-immigrants-camps
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u/ArtisticRegardedCrak 8d ago

That’s not how it works, H1B require large amounts of money and labor in terms of regulatory compliance and tend to lower wages compared to equally qualified candidates. You’re literally adding government waste and lowering wages, why wouldn’t you allow the market to naturally adjust with domestic employees?

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u/Zenning3 Emma Lazarus 8d ago edited 8d ago

That is literally how it works.

[H1bs] tend to lower wages compared to equally qualified candidates

Nope. Literally untrue, no matter how much people like to repeat it. And I swear to god don't paste that stupid EPI article where it refuses to understand how DOL determines the pay minimums. The reality is that companies pay these candidates similar total compensation to natives, while also having to pay additional overhead.

You’re literally adding government

Yep, I hate government waste, we should just make it easier to become an American Employee. But, to keep in mind, those guys are paying taxes, and are very easily paying for themselves.

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u/actual_wookiee_AMA Milton Friedman 8d ago

So eliminate the regulatory part entirely?

Lowering wages in fields with high unemployment is good, actually.

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u/ryegye24 John Rawls 8d ago

Every problem with H1B visas is solved by giving H1B visa holders a green card and a union card. Not by discriminating against those dastardly foreign workers to prop up the worthy "real" Americans.