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Economic Reality: Supply, Immigration Policy, and Personal Mobility
Achieve true economic affordability by understanding the core economic roles of supply, specialized foreign labor, and personal mobility, rather than relying on political idealism.
Short Summary
- Affordability requires increasing supply, which often means welcoming specialized, high-skill labor, despite ongoing H-1B program critiques.
- Restricting any form of supply—whether labor visas or automation technology—ultimately leads to non-competitive products and erodes broad purchasing power.
- Individuals have two primary levers for personal economic relief in high-cost areas: advocating for policy changes or exercising personal mobility elsewhere.
- The American economic engine historically benefits from attracting and integrating the best global talent, termed "brain draining."
This discussion unpacks economic realities versus political rhetoric surrounding labor supply, immigration, and housing crises. It frames solutions around pragmatic actions: reforming restrictive policies or accepting the necessity of personal relocation to areas of greater opportunity.
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Top Comments (10)
Bro, you weren’t taken out of context. You said what you said
The H1B programmed is being GAMED so they can hire foreign workers. They take the resume of a foreign and cheaper candidate. Then the HR department posts a job listing with those EXACT requirements, copy and pasted from said resume. After the required waiting time, they declare: "Here we go, we found a great match but only with an H1B candidate, nobody from America." How do I know this? I worked for major corporations that did this all day long.
Ben, facts don't care about your feelings.
Ben… most H1B people are working either entry level jobs or mid level jobs. We aren’t bringing in experienced rocket scientists or high level tech gurus. They are just taking jobs that could otherwise go to the average American graduate who share the exact same experience. The only difference is the company has to pay them an actual wage instead of bringing in essentially slave labor from over seas.
Shapiro's full time job is to defend Israel
"You can't expect to live where you grew up, but my people should get to live where we want because it was promised to us 3000 years ago"
Ben: “They’re the best!” Also Ben: “But don’t make companies pay them market rates.”
Your examples like Musk aren't H-1B products—irrelevant.
If H-1Bs are so valuable, the firms can afford a real price tag.
Raise the cost and you separate real innovators from discount-labor exploiters.
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Top Comments (10)
Bro, you weren’t taken out of context. You said what you said
The H1B programmed is being GAMED so they can hire foreign workers. They take the resume of a foreign and cheaper candidate. Then the HR department posts a job listing with those EXACT requirements, copy and pasted from said resume. After the required waiting time, they declare: "Here we go, we found a great match but only with an H1B candidate, nobody from America." How do I know this? I worked for major corporations that did this all day long.
Ben, facts don't care about your feelings.
Ben… most H1B people are working either entry level jobs or mid level jobs. We aren’t bringing in experienced rocket scientists or high level tech gurus. They are just taking jobs that could otherwise go to the average American graduate who share the exact same experience. The only difference is the company has to pay them an actual wage instead of bringing in essentially slave labor from over seas.
Shapiro's full time job is to defend Israel
"You can't expect to live where you grew up, but my people should get to live where we want because it was promised to us 3000 years ago"
Ben: “They’re the best!” Also Ben: “But don’t make companies pay them market rates.”
Your examples like Musk aren't H-1B products—irrelevant.
If H-1Bs are so valuable, the firms can afford a real price tag.
Raise the cost and you separate real innovators from discount-labor exploiters.