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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 14 Mar 2017

    A new study says that without the H-1B program, tech wages would have been up to 5.1% higher in 2001http://on.wsj.com/2mHGgUr 

    4:27 AM - 14 Mar 2017
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      1. cyc191‏ @cyc191 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @WSJ

        It's Econ 101. However US population not producing enough STEM workers. Companies need H-1B wrkrs to maintain advantage in tech & innov

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      2. Alenn Codefive‏ @alennx 14 Mar 2017
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        Foreign employees provide leveraged access to foreign markets and we are not taking about McDonald's here, America is not hurt by this.

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      3. Matty Bumppo‏ @beantowndleelee 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @alennx @WSJ

        America is absolutely hurt by this and that you cannot see what is plain as day is startling

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      4. Alenn Codefive‏ @alennx 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @beantowndleelee @WSJ

        Yes it is, no it isn't, yes it is, no it isn't ... A compelling argument, but try explaining your position?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Matty Bumppo‏ @beantowndleelee 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @alennx @WSJ

        no matter the access to foreign markets, you cannot argue that suppressed wages for Americans is beneficial

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      6. Alenn Codefive‏ @alennx 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @beantowndleelee @WSJ

        Market forces slightly affecting income in any sector does not "hurt" America. Average income in Tech Sector?

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      1. AmPhibIaN5‏ @Amphibian5Thx 14 Mar 2017
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        not to mention this basic fact alone is why the 100+ tech companies do not like closer controls on H1-B's;god forbid they hire American

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      1. AmPhibIaN5‏ @Amphibian5Thx 14 Mar 2017
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        basic element of economics - shorter supply = increased cost; didn't need this article to point out such fundamentals

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      1. Stellar‏ @Chikamoon_ 14 Mar 2017
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        .Pls. survey the people who were replaced. What were their positions & duties? Were they laid off due to lack of skills or ___ ?

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      1. Roar‏ @_Simhaw 14 Mar 2017
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        But +5.1% higher wage cannot create millions of jobs in other sectors, billions in tax revenue, billions in visa fees that H1B does!

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      1. Happy Earthling‏ @DShah26 14 Mar 2017
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        Absent H-1B, these jobs would be outsourced to another country, losing on tax revenues and the multiplier effect of $$ spent in the US?

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      1. Happy Earthling‏ @DShah26 14 Mar 2017
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        despite of rigorous Labor Condition Application requirements by Department of Labor? Wonder why.

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      1. bugwazi‏ @TaxpayersBurden 14 Mar 2017
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        Bringing educated skilled workers who pay taxes and assimilate is not a problem. The problems are the uneducated welfare queens.

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      1. Owen Grohman‏ @Grohman 14 Mar 2017
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        unemployment rate in Tech in big markets is <0.1%. We need skilled people here. Downstream effect of projects not stalling is a + for Econ.

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      1. steve mahoney‏ @_steve3_ 14 Mar 2017
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        very true - lived thru that

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      1. hrdb2‏ @hrdb2dba 14 Mar 2017
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        yes I agree I wrote code for computers for 50yrs that program cost me a lot of money

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      1. Homosapien‏ @Loneranger1166 14 Mar 2017
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        yep a lot of people don't know about this, and guess who gets the jobs. Usually not Americans

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      1. David Barnes‏ @DavidBa93382308 14 Mar 2017
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        All supply of labor lowers demand and lowers wages.

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