My last plea,

Sun Apr 14 11:28:13 PDT 2002

Chuck Yerkes wrote:
> If your goal is to advocate a SPECIFIC action - call your representative
> (free for Working Assetts Long Distance subscribers), tell them to
> support or vote against bill number HRxxx, then great.  Offer that.

Thats exactly what I think people should do and here is a site
that makes it easy to stay informed of immigration issues that
affect us all.

http://www.numbersusa.org/index

http://www.diversityalliance.org/

Let's let this thread die before people start getting
upset.  I'll be happy to answer anybody's email if
they send it to me directly.

Take care

--- Chuck Yerkes <chuck+baylisa at snew.com> wrote:
> Geez, and here I thought the problem was the Irish/Freed slaves/
> Italians/Chinese/Mexicans/Other recent immigrant group.  (okay,
> mexico was right here 160 years ago, but).
> 
> I've avoided this thread, but I'm seeing EXACT repeats of labor/
> immigrant issues over the last, hmmm, 40,000 years? (damn neanderthals,
> taking perfectly good jobs from the sapiens).
> 
> The H1B issue that I see as fixable was the increase that Congress
> allowed during a boom.  Congress responds to "to continue to be an
> american success story, we need people, and there aren't any"
> 
> As has been brought up the first time this thread was alive: If
> it's whining about them dang furiners coming and taking our jobs,
> then whine elsewhere.  Yeah, I've worked with folks who had few
> skills, no imagination and didn't cut it.  The vast majority of the
> time, I've worked with folks who have busted their butts, been well
> educated and able to learn new things.  Oh, both H1B and American
> citizens.
> 
> If your goal is to advocate a SPECIFIC action - call your representative
> (free for Working Assetts Long Distance subscribers), tell them to
> support or vote against bill number HRxxx, then great.  Offer that.
> 
> Otherwise, please let this thread go back to rest.
> 
> Quoting Robin Rowe (rower at MovieEditor.com):
> > > joe bsd wrote:
> > > About the H-1B visa program; What about the average guy who still
> > > would be working if it weren't for the H-1B program.  Shouldn't he
> > > fight to protect his job.  Nobody else is going to do it for him.
> > > We all want to live and support our families.
> > 
> > A parallel argument is that the country's workers need protection from
> > *computers* (and therefore sysadmins), because automation puts average
> > people out of work who need to live and support their families.
> 

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