My grandparents did not do years in the gulag for me to respect your pronouns. Afuera! Tax the poor
Dec 27, 2024 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
This is the first time I have seen anyone identify a root issue in the overall h1b regime. This post is mostly correct, but a deeper problem is that even absent fraud, the structure and statistics at play, result in the h1b system selecting for new grads. (short thread)
About two decades ago, the h1b program worked somewhat as intended. A generally accomplished professional in Poland would apply for a job in the US and an American employer would sponsor them, dealing with the hurdle of paperwork and the risk of a foreign hire.
Jun 29, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
This came up in @Empty_America’s comments earlier. I think people wrongly believe that these places (incl towns in America) need to have an economy around “something”. The reality is once you have a large enough number of people subsidized by the state - that is the economy 1/x
The typical small town is basically like an oil state, except the money comes from the government in the form of pensions, healthcare (even in the US), schools. That money then trickles into the local economy propping up service businesses. 2/
