Comment Re:Lets Replace Mickey (Score 1) 636
Perhaps Mickey should be replaced with an H1-B worker
If he had entered the public domain, like he should have years ago, we wouldn't have to.
Perhaps Mickey should be replaced with an H1-B worker
If he had entered the public domain, like he should have years ago, we wouldn't have to.
What is wrong if they can find someone who can do it for cheaper?
Doesn't a CEO have a right to run his business the way he sees fit. If you can't compete with these low end folks with language barriers that says more about you than it does about cost cutting.
I can tell you have thought long and hard on this topic.
Bernie Sanders the man that brought on the housing crisis with his misguided anti redlining legislation ? Pro Tip here, if you can't afford a loan you can't afford a loan.
Tell that to Countrywide. You don't seem to understand that the housing crisis was brought on by fraud on the part of the mortgage originators, loan packagers and ratings agencies.
Seriously, there is enough written on the topic by people like Barry Ritholtz and Matt Taibbi. I don't understand why people keep pushing the legislation angle, except for servicing an agenda or willful ignorance.
You could compete against the H1B holders by matching their salary requirements.
Why do you think it is ok to force people to pay higher prices for your talents, when the same talent is available at a lower price?
Don't you rant and rage when companies do this to you with their products?
Oh, have we given up the pretense that H1B workers are paid the same as domestic workers? Because that's the law, you know. But thanks for your refreshing candor in admitting that hiring H1B's is wage arbitrage.
The fact that it's hard to get the money out of politics - and the presence of that money makes the two parties act more similarly than they otherwise would - doesn't make them the same. It just proves that the system (money and all) is corrupt. Who do you think is more likely to fix that...?
If it's between the Democrats and Republicans to fix it, I'll go with my Aunt Rita.
In general if you look at the donor list, they all come from the same strata of society but represent opposing cultures within that strata. Granted, picking either party is a vote for the wealthy controlling the country, but they are still a fairly diverse bunch and you can pick and choose who's goals align with your own.
This is true for certain social issues. But there is no party that advocates scaling back our military and intelligence agencies, ending the drug war, establishing universal healthcare, or prosecuting white-collar crime. These are some of the important issues that enjoy bipartisan agreement to ignore. That's why I have not voted R or D since 2004, except when Elizabeth Warren ran for Senate.
If people actually wanted 1M liability coverage then uber could flag those accounts and push them to the top but most people don't care and would rather have cheaper fare.
People are also often short-sighted and bad at estimating risk.
You do realize that there is no service that is less conducive to violent or property crime than Uber, right? It would be like a store owner with video surveillance in his own store raping someone as they come in. Might as well walk into a police station and rape the guy at the front desk. There is literally no way you can't get caught. Your every move is tracked by GPS. Christ, you fucking liberals and your "basic needs". You'll have us all living in caves before you're through.
I don't remember a lot of stories about people being attacked by their taxi driver. But I do remember this and this and this. I'm not saying Uber is inherently dangerous. But it seems more than "no service that is less conducive to violent or property crime than Uber". According to my unscientific quick Googling, it seems regular taxis are safer.
I for one don't want to give Physics research a blank check to investigate some unobservable math fantasy.
Why not? And who exactly is asking for a "blank check"?
Since we're on the topic, I'd like a blank check!
Yes, after lurking in slashdot for years, I finally signed up. No agenda, other than my opinions are my own. NSA has 2 jobs: spying on the world and securing US communications. I don't know how well they are doing job #1. IMHO they are doing a really crappy job of #2.
Fair enough. But the NSA is also spying inside the United States, which they're not supposed to do, and lied about doing.
No, he released information to a self-aggrandizing reporter who is very hostile to the US. Who then released everything in self-aggrandizing click bait fashion. The worst actual "abuse" they found was a couple of people spying on their girlfriends. My concern is the waste of taxpayer money. This huge spy machine couldn't stop the Boston Marathon bombers even when alerted to them.
Your opinion of Glenn Greenwald notwithstanding, that just isn't the case. Reporters from the Guardian newspapaer and an independent documentarian were also involved and given the information. The worst abuse they found was the head of the NSA lying to Congress and the fact that what the NSA is doing is illegal and unconstitutional. I assume you are concerned about law breaking by people who work in secret. Or is it all just about money to you?
What this country needs is a good five cent nickel.
