Economic Treason in the USA, Particularly for High-tech & Manufacturing Jobs

What Kind of Country Destroys the Job Market for Its Own Citizens? CounterPunch.org Paul Craig Roberts: Economic Treason: Mike Corbeil, lundi, 18/07/2005 - 04:08

A question some people might have after reading the above article could be, say, "But how can individual Canadian citizens and residents help out Americans in this kind of (treachorous) context?", and the answer is very simple, albeit not easy for many or all to accept, for many people are self-centered, selfish, greedy, .... "The how" is, by not seeking jobs in the US that require work visas issued by governments; leaving that Canadians should not seek jobs in the US on either TN or H-1B visas, for example.

And, yes, or at least it used to be true, Canadians can also apply for H-1B instead of TN; it's just that they're usually required to go the TN route, and I believe it's most likely because (if the rule hasn't changed over the past several years anyway) TN visas are valid for only one year at a time, needing to be renewed yearly, while H-1B visas (again, if the rule hasn't changed ...) are valid for three years at a time, provide cheaper "bargains", and Canadians, citizens anyway, have access to the TN visas.

And if reality has not changed ..., then around half of all H-1B visas go to people of India; people, who certainly are no worse, certainly not in human terms, but who nevertheless are not only much less expensive than US citizens, but also much less, initially anyway, than Canadians, and not as much but nevertheless considerably less expensive than Mexicans.

Remember the news about how NAFTA led to jobs being shipped to Mexico from both Canada and the US, long known news, already, and then how, much more recently and due to globalisation, globalising imperialism and fascism, those jobs were then relocated from Mexico to India?/! It's important reality to carefully remember and pay attention to.Canadians need to cease seeking jobs in the US for which US citizens are being treasonously refused.

That applies to both citizen and non-citizen, resident Canadians, for the latter can't get jobs in the US on TN status, I believe to recall anyway, but certainly can on H-1B. Canadians not yet working in the US should refrain from applying, let alone getting to the point that rejecting actual job offers in the US can be in question. And Canadians already there on either of these visas should seek to exit and to return home as soon as possible; so that US citizens and residents can have a better chance of finding work; for Canadians to cease supporting those treasonous US citizens and residents who refuse to employ other US citizens and residents.

Mike CorbeilCantons de Hatley, QcP.S. It is very healthy to remember, and very carefully: Do for others that which you would want to be done for yourselves; and do not unto others that which you would not want done unto yourselves; Jesus of Nazareth and Confucious. Holistically, those are synonymous principles, but "appearances can be, often are, deceiving"; and based on all that is known of Jesus, it is thus arguably certain that He meant the principle in its full(est) sense. (It's just that I don't know anything about the actual life of Confucious, not having yet taken time to learn about it, and thus cannot say if he would have meant the principle he stated in its complete, holistically whole sense.)

If Canadians can come to sound, healthy understanding and acceptance of those two principles, then it should help in terms of not seeking jobs, capitalistic opportunities in the US, or anywhere for that matter; where the citizens of the country in question are being treasonously treated. Sometimes we need a little extra inspiration, and the above two principles are not an unhealthy commencement; the combined whole of them being very healthy.To be complicit with treason, well, the example from Jeanne d'Arc's, aka Joan of Arc, story provides a couple of examples.

It's about war, opposing imperialistic invasion, conquest and domination, which is very fitting for current world events, but also with respect to what's been happening for American workers; "tangentially" speaking. For that, people can simply go to TheFreeDictionary.com and search on "Joan of Arc". (Francophones wanting to read the text in French can go to the same page, scroll to the bottom and choose a link on Jeanne d'Arc from there.)

Check for the encyclopedia links near the top of the intial page, especially if it's only the dictionary entry on her story; the other pages having many links, including to French texts.Unfortunately, we're, today, seeing old history repeating itself; again, and again, .... "It's always, 'the same old story', over and over again."Many people who say to have good intentions are actually lying and know that they are; while many others who ignorantly cause harm only haven't a clue what real critical thinking means, or .... In the following article by Robert Fisk, a Lebanese friend of his and who has real real-world experience expresses his wonder, about whether we people in the West really live on planet earth, or not; and I venture to guess that likely most, i.e., Westerners, do not, but instead in stupid "disneyland" or "hollywood" nonsense; people caught up with nonsensical sensationalism rather than being focused on real reality.http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node.php?id=21706

Economic Treason
What Kind of Country Destroys the Job Market for Its Own Citizens?
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
The June payroll jobs report did not receive much attention due to the July 4 holiday, but the depressing 21st century job performance of the US economy continues unabated.
o Only 144,000 private sector jobs were created, each one of which was in domestic services.
o 56,000 jobs were created in professional and business services, about half of which are in administrative and waste services.
o 38,000 jobs were created in education and health services, almost all of which are in health care and social assistance.
o 19,000 jobs were created in leisure and hospitality, almost all of which are waitresses and bartenders.
o Membership associations and organizations created 10,000 jobs and repair and maintenance created 4,000 jobs.
o Financial activities created 16,000 jobs.
This most certainly is not the labor market profile of a first world country, much less a superpower.
Where are the jobs for this year's crop of engineering and science graduates?
US manufacturing lost another 24,000 jobs in June.
A country that doesn't manufacture doesn't need many engineers. And the few engineering jobs available go to foreigners.
Readers have sent me employment listings from US software development firms. The listings are discriminatory against American citizens. One ad from a company in New Jersey that is a developer for many companies, including Oracle, specifies that the applicant must have a TN visa.
A TN or Trade Nafta visa is what is given to Mexicans and Canadians, who are willing to work in the US at below prevailing wages.
Another ad from a software consulting company based in Omaha, Nebraska, specifies it wants software engineers who are H-1B transferees. What this means is that the firm is advertising for foreigners already in the US who have H-1B work visas.
The reason the US firms specify that they have employment opportunities only for foreigners who hold work visas is because the foreigners will work for less than the prevailing US salary.
Gentle reader, when you read allegations that there is a shortage of engineers in America, necessitating the importation of foreigners to do the work, you are reading a bald faced lie. If there were a shortage of American engineers, employers would not word their job listings to read that no American need apply and that they are offering jobs only to foreigners holding work visas.
What kind of country gives preference to foreigners over its own engineering graduates?
What kind of country destroys the job market for its own citizens?
How much longer will parents shell out $100,000 for a college education for a son or daughter who end up employed as a bartender, waitress, or temp?
Paul Craig Roberts has held a number of academic appointments and has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. His graduate economics education was at the University of Virginia, the University of California at Berkeley, and Oxford University. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at: paulcraigroberts@yahoo.com
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