Given the growth of the overall population, the US economy needs to add 145,000 jobs per month to hold the unemployment rate steady and absorb the flow of new workers into the labor force.

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If the 85,000 H1-b workers were replacing existing workers (and that hasn't been established), the fact that they were taking any jobs in the US economy means they added to the US unemployment rate. The 181,000 new jobs for the year already wasn't enough to absorb the 145,000 new workers US added every month.

Not sure where you got the idea that I'm a "small government type" from my comment. It's quite possible to be a progressive, liberal Democrat and criticize the H1-b program.

Also, I'm not sure how attacking me personally is any kind of relevant remark.

The total H1-B hires were 65,000 plus the 20,000 for individuals with master's degrees.

That means 85,000 of the 181,000 new jobs last year went to foreign workers brought in by companies such as Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Google.

That's 47% of new jobs created in America in 2025 going to non-Americans.

But yeah, fuck us for bringing it up.

Employers hit the 65,000 cap in 2025.

Employers are legally required to hire Americans for American jobs before considering H1-B hires.

Looks like that didn't happen. Employers are breaking the law.

But sure, fuck that guy. For what? Stating the obvious? American engineers are getting screwed by American tech companies who can't stop hiring foreign workers in the middle of a jobs recession.

Damn near every one of the problems we face as a society are made worse by adding extra population. Housing prices are up because we've got too many people. Inflation is up because all those people are competing for the same products. Pollution is up because all those people generate trash and drive cars and heat their homes with fossil fuels. Medical costs are up because we need more nurses and doctors to care for all the additional people.

They're looking to spend over a trillion dollars while earning $20 billion per year.

Going from earning $0 in ad revenue to a trillion in ad revenue seems a bit... optimistic.

Ads aren't going to be enough to save them.

I buy books all the time that I don't end up reading. To count the number of book sales and equate that with book read is incorrect.

Interesting to note that this could explain some generational differences that would still be visible today.

I blame the loss on all the crypto fanboys switching to hype AI instead.

And?... Is that an attempt at a rebuttal to what I previously wrote? It doesn't address what I wrote at all.

If you don't want your company secrets leaked, don't share them with any person or company in China.

China is the world leader in IP theft. It's a large reason for their economic rise over the past three decades.

Europe has about 744 million people. The US is around 343 million. That's about double the population, not quadruple.

The problem with turning a profit in Europe is due to nationalized health systems. France's system chose Biontech's COVID vaccine. As a result, Moderna's COVID vaccine isn't available in the country. Further, these systems limit the ability of the company to set prices. In the US, companies have the freedom to set whatever price the free market will support.

Don't blame all Americans for the choices of American leadership. Trump is off doing a bunch of stuff no one wanted and which he didn't campaign on. Plenty of Americans didn't want this guy, don't like this guy, didn't vote for him, and have been protesting him since he announced he was running for President. We hated him long before you knew him.

Companies don't own this data. It rightfully belongs to the individual job seekers looking for work. Companies need to learn to stop using data they don't rightfully own with or without disclosure.

If we ok this practice with disclosure, companies will simply require job candidates to give up all rights to their own personal data. Job seekers will do it in an attempt to find work. That is absolute bullshit. My data is mine.

Hell, we already see companies posting fake jobs in order to collect resumes with no intention of hiring anyone. This disclosure approach would only make that practice more prevalent. These practices hurt job seekers while benefiting companies behaving dishonestly.

If this guy's backed by the North Korean government, he likely could get a fake passport and tickets to fly to the US. They just need to provide solid "motivation" for him to return.

I want to know what sort of background check Amazon runs against foreign nationals. Are they doing anything to validate job history or education claims? All that information is verifiable for citizens. This guy's story tells me they're not doing much of anything to verify the resume of foreign workers. This tells me that foreigners are held to a lower standard than US citizens, which just seems wrong.