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RE: Bitcoin and altcoins down trend going may continue for months, real world politics of trumpism.
I work in a place that hires many foreign workers because they are cheap. I don't mind of they're the best but the truth is the current system also exploits them so in that sense Trump is not wrong. All the coworkers I have know that truth. It may not happen everywherw but it happens a lot.
and don't let them confuse you by conflating illegal and legal immigrants, your foreign coworkers have visas, everyone likes legal immigration, Trump only wants to stop illegal immigrants, highly skilled people can get visas.
I'm just saying those visa programs are not as honest as they claim. Companies say they get the best talent and pay them fairly but in reality they pay them much less. Thats all I meant by my statement.
I had a company of 40 employees
3 of which I sponsored for green cards, paid for grad school and continuing education, and helped get their citizenship.
They got paid the same as others based on their merits....
Was I IBM or Google paying for the crem da la Crem?
Noooo...
The money has to come somewhere, some employees want to send children to private school, another drink all night and drive a fancy car, a third buy a home, others send money to family abroad, and the final to become a citizen to change the direction of their family for generations.....
The money has to come from somewhere.
Are there abusive businesses out there, I really believe less than more.
Because the flip side is that everyone is lazy because they think their bosses are cheating them....
And in thousands of companies I've worked with, worked for and consulted to. 9/10 employees, management and ownership care about employees and owners.
Whether they have the resources is another question....
Back in 1995 it cost me 8k for green card for right hand man, 7k for additional grad school and he was one of the salaried workers.
In my California factory, the senior mold makers was a resident alien, and person in charge of finishing was a green card holder. They were paid better then competitive casting facilities that exploited cheap labor.
The funny thing is those companies that exploited illegals eventually move to Mexico or went out of business.
I know many immigrants and their always exploited. Your case is amazing but I find it hard to believe that many do the same. At least from the people I know in multiple business sectors. Good job on being fair.
I think they do obviously depress wages to some degree but on the other hand in some cases the business could not operate without them and then the Americans there wouldn't have jobs either. Clearly having robust oversight of any participating in the program is important to prevent abuse.
So now the question is, are protection of Workers a job for the federal government (like OSSA, the FTC, OR EPA), or state government? That's Regulation and Mandate to insure a minimum safety net when workers move (which they do). Vs. smaller, poorer states more likely to caterer to an industry undermining protections to fill state coffers from small lobbyist with backdoor access.
Which means if you want the first on the left, And if you want the 2nd your a conservative or republican.
And if you think the protection of workers should not be a job for the government? A safety net when people move? what is that?
What if you recognize that both the states and feds already have worker various worker protections in place?