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GuildY/ ZazonY wrote: "Alan Greenspan, March 2007"If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the... [MORE]

suppress TOP EARNER wages 

Jan 30, 2008 12:57

Asking the Department of Labor to regulate the number of visas and green cards to issue is like asking a... [MORE]

No visa for you 

Jan 15, 2008 02:30

GuildY/ ZazonY wrote: "Alan Greenspan, March 2007"If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the... [MORE]

Little empirical evidence! 

Jan 8, 2008 17:57

Kathy Robertson: "When there are millions of Americans out of work due to outsourcing, why do we need to bring... [MORE]

Data 

Jan 7, 2008 12:17

S. Kolger wrote: "every other type of white-collar jobs stop getting offshored to India" (1) New H-1Bs account for .07% of... [MORE]

Data 

Jan 7, 2008 12:13

The people who are finding rising wages and full employment in the IT sector are definitely moving in different social... [MORE]

S. Kolger 

Jan 5, 2008 09:46

Kim Berry (President, Programmers Guild) wrote: " ..." IEEE USA is IEEE's policy wing, supported mainly by annual assessment paid by... [MORE]

IEEE USA's Proposal 

Jan 4, 2008 12:10

GuildY/ ZazonY wrote: "Alan Greenspan, March 2007"If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the... [MORE]

Really! 

Jan 4, 2008 12:04

H1-B petitions approved vs H1-B workers------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) From How many H-1B visa workers? Counts vary VALLEY EMPLOYERS AMONG TOP USERS By... [MORE]

Never Mind! 

Jan 4, 2008 10:24

Kathy Robertson wrote: "When there are millions of Americans out of work" The unemployment rate in IT sector is a whopping... [MORE]

Just Do It! 

Jan 4, 2008 10:10

It is well known within the tech industry that the primary reason that companies are so much in love with... [MORE]

Clearing Smoke Bombs 

Jan 3, 2008 20:36

Kathy Robertson: "Companies are LYING about a shortage because they want to bring in cheap labor" Repeat something loud and long... [MORE]

Rhetorical Rhapsody 

Jan 3, 2008 18:27

Kathy Robertson: "Companies are LYING about a shortage because they want to bring in cheap labor" A Dec 2005 Center for... [MORE]

Dis Information 

Jan 3, 2008 18:23

S. Kolger wrote: "when American workers are no longer required to train their H-1B replacements" (1) From The Grassley Visa Tax... [MORE]

Train H-1B Replacement? 

Jan 3, 2008 10:19

Bruce de la Vega wrote: "B. Lindsay Lowell and Harold Salzman at the Urban Institute that the USA is over-flowing... [MORE]

Caveat 

Jan 3, 2008 10:06

Your article is well spiced because you hit the hammer on the nail.thanks [MORE]

moradeyo afeez 

Jan 3, 2008 03:22

Background: U.S. STEM Workforce Shows No Sign of Impending Shortages http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB1505/index1.html "The pool of S&E-qualified secondary and postsecondary graduates is several times... [MORE]

Dana Rothrock 

Jan 2, 2008 19:01

As "former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor", Ms. Furchtgott-Roth certainly knows that DOL is knowingly rubber-stamping labor... [MORE]

Kim Berry 

Jan 2, 2008 16:21

"Allowing the Labor Department to adjust legal immigration every quarter to match U.S. need for foreign labor would help America... [MORE]

Bruce de la Vega 

Jan 2, 2008 13:40

"labor certification from the Labor Department... requires the prospective employer to affirm that he has determined that no American workers... [MORE]

Bruce de la Vega 

Jan 2, 2008 13:29

It boils down to this: WE CANNOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE THE LAW OR TO EXERCISE DISCRETION IN A... [MORE]

TheReallyRightGuy 

Jan 2, 2008 12:52

I hate the arcane nature of bureacracy and public policy. However, because we need to protect our sovereignty and regulate... [MORE]

Ken 

Jan 2, 2008 16:38

There is a principle of economics that, in a free market (which we do NOT have) there can be neither... [MORE]

Bruce de la Vega 

Jan 2, 2008 18:05

This is fine as far as you have gone. However... Let's give the Department of Labor more lattitude. Perhaps they could... [MORE]

Rev. Stephen M. King 

Jan 2, 2008 12:28

When there are millions of Americans out of work due to outsourcing, why do we need to bring in temporary... [MORE]

Kathy Robertson 

Jan 2, 2008 09:16

If you listen to the CEO/CFO/HR people at the large companies looking to import workers a half way intelligent person... [MORE]

Gene 

Jan 2, 2008 13:41

Instead of a well thought-out analysis of the issues, we get a rehash of all of the old arguments Big... [MORE]

S. Kolger 

Jan 2, 2008 08:39

The writer of this article does not seem to be much of a believer in Democracy. She wants to take... [MORE]

Voter 

Jan 2, 2008 07:22