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Outsourcing and the H1B visa scam that lets foreigners walk into this country and take good jobs from educated and professiona Americans.
Sickening stuff really
You are way off with the H1B visa. Obviously, you've never stepped foot into an egineering class at a major university. The overwhelming majority of students in those classes are foregin students because American students don't take those classes because they are too hard and require work which conflicts with going to football games and joining frats/sorrorities and getting drunk on campus. The only science classes American kids join are pre-med and pre-health classes for those wanting to go to medical school, dental school, nursing school, podiatry school chiropractor etc. The reason they had to recruit foreign kids is because Americans were not enrolling in those engineering and math classes and those professors needed teaching assistants and researchers to keep those departments open. But of course ignorant good ole boys read the paper, see H1B Visa and assume America hates its own people. You guys have no clue. Sorry but engineering classes require a lot of work and kids can't pull an all-nighter and pass their engineering physics class like they can with sociology, intro to teaching and psychology classes.
If you want to end the H1B Visa issue then you and your "kin" should enroll in engineering and computer science instead of easy majors to major in becoming a high school football coach or a church pastor.
With Dobbs leaving this certainly catapults CNN much closer to the moderate/centrist part of the political spectrum. Smart move CNN.
Actually, CNN has been moving more and more to the left from center for several years now. FOX is firmly in the right and MSNBC is FOX's polar opposite. CNN looks to be moving towards MSNBC rather than remain in the center.
Actually, CNN has been moving more and more to the left from center for several years now. FOX is firmly in the right and MSNBC is FOX's polar opposite. CNN looks to be moving towards MSNBC rather than remain in the center.
With someone like Lou Dobbs leaving? Hopefully they replace him with someone who is into news as opposed to weirdness
Dobbs rattled off what he considers the main issues our nation faces, but IMO, when he talked the lack of true representation in Washington, he hit on the mother lode of issues that are screwing us up.
Influence peddling in DC is at an all-time high, you and I do NOT have a voice in our government. Corporate interests get the red carpet treatment and get whatever laws, policies and loopholes they want by paying big bucks to those in office.
Just tonight on the evening news they ran a story about some congressman name Buyer. He started a "non-profit" scholarship fund which now has $800k in it, all donations. The "fund" has not awarded even a single scholarship. The fund began with $25k donated by big pharma and ALL of the donations, ALL, have come from firms and industries who have business before the congressional committees on which Rep Buyer is a member. Imagine that.
If Lou wants to take on ONE main issue, it's this congressional payola that needs fixing the worst. Once we stop influence peddling, probably with the public financing of campaigns, we can fix these serious issues:
- The H1b visa scam, which got put into place because certain big businesses wanted cheap labor they could work the crap out of.
- Illegal aliens. The National Chamber of Commerce, union busters, and many others want a steady supply of illegal aliens who are glad to work for SUB standard wages, no benefits, no rights of any kind, no workers comp, no sick leave, no vacation time, etc. These vested interests keep paying off congress who in turn do a half assed job of border enforcement.
- Loss of jobs. We need a congress that makes it financially painful to ship USA jobs overseas.
- Middle class. We need a congress that rescinds the Bush tax cuts which gave the wealthiest 1% a huge tax cut at the expense of the middle class. It is the middle class that is also harmed by the H1b visa scam.
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Great words from a great man! It's sad we don't have more journalists with the class and objectivity as Lou Dobbs. He is by far the best on television
I agree. He's one of the greats. It sounds like he may pursue something in politics? If so, he'd get my vote!
With someone like Lou Dobbs leaving? Hopefully they replace him with someone who is into news as opposed to weirdness
I think that's CNN's only ticket out of Palookaville. Rise above all this short-term crap. Dont get down in the mud with Faux, develop a reputation as the ONLY straightforward, unimpeachable news service. They'll become a legend and last forever.
What a news!
Lou is my favorite. Wonder what's ahead for him.
I've never understood how such a great person as Lou Dobbs and such stupid bit*h as Nancy Grace could be a part of the same network...
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