FOREIGN WORKERS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Foreign workers who come to the US sometimes believe that equal opportunity applies only to THEM. Too many believe that women are inferior. I think we should require a course and test in equal opportunity before people even APPLY for the H-1 visa. We should also require that holders of the H-1 visa reflect the population of their countries. This means at least 50% of the visas must go to women.

I also worry that companies use holders of H-1 visas as inexpensive labor. If there are US women and US older workers available, companies do not need H-1 visas.

Here in Silicon Valley, Apple, Google and others were caught agreeing not to hire each others workers in an attempt to keep wages low. I worry that the lobbying for H-1 visas is another attempt to keep wages low.

The Valley did not used to be this way. Once we thought that sharing our wealth with our workers was the way to make everybody rich. Now we use accounting rules to give stock options to only the top of the upper level management.

YOU DO KNOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO KILL A GOLDEN GOOSE, DON'T YOU?