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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:30 JST iced depresso

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   @threalist @Sirpantangelini @ThatCrazyDude lets make the ceo caste slaves and see how it goes
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     pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:35 JST pat

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     @threalist @Sirpantangelini that would suck. But somebody has to do the job for less than you're willing to pay for the produce

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     🌲-alist (threalist@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:35 JST 🌲-alist

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     You know what would really increase profits and lower produce prices?
     
     Actual slavery.
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     🌲-alist (threalist@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:38 JST 🌲-alist

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     man, let's be honest here.
     
     Do we want Americans to go picking strawberries for 2k a month?
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     pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:39 JST pat

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     @threalist @Sirpantangelini man, let's be honest here. Will you go picking strawberries for 2k a month?
     Presumably you won't and nor will your kids even though they have no living expenses whatsoever. Am I wrong?
     And assuming I'm not wrong, how much will be too much for strawberries for you? 🤔

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     pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:40 JST pat

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     @threalist @Sirpantangelini I'm saying that if you want a foreign worker, it is you who's arranging for his H-1B. That means you'll most likely need to pay an immigration lawyer and you'll probably need to have an interviewer wherever you're hiring. That's just for starters, and that alone makes employing a foreigner more expensive than employing a local at a minimum wage. Prolly, like, twice as expensive if it's just for a season.
     You see, it only make sense if local kids don't want to work

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     🌲-alist (threalist@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:40 JST 🌲-alist

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     Ah, the "Americans don't want to work" argument..
     
     Is it possible that corporations are simply leveraging legal paths (Amazon isnt struggling to pay a few immigration lawyers) to put downward pressure on wages?
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     pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:41 JST pat

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     @Sirpantangelini they already pay extra for H-1B holders. To get H1B you need to have prearranged contract and doing that remotely it's cheap to begin with.
     But hey, how about having American youth to kinda comprehend that working for living is the way to go and living off your momma is fuckin' gay, you know, like it was just some 20 years ago? That should do the trick, no? 🤔

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     🌲-alist (threalist@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:41 JST 🌲-alist

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     I'm not sure I understand your premise.
     
     Are you suggesting that HB1 visa salaries are higher than regular salaries?
     
     Or just that "kids these days aren't what they were when I was a kid?"
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     Flat Moon Theories (sirpantangelini@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 01:43:42 JST Flat Moon Theories

     Hear me out.

     Make companies pay 4x the rate they would typically pay into ss to hire h1b visa employees.

     Saving 10k by hiring an h1b, now that 10 ends up in ss.

     Not that I like that program, but its basically the same as tariffs