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moosedman
Musk wants to cut spending and immigration but not for H1Bs
PeterStuer
Wouldn't approved H1B by definition fall into the desired legal skilled immigrant category?
paulryanrogers
In practice H1Bs are borderline wage slavery.
dartos
Hey now. It’s only indentured servitude
dyauspitr
A lot of Americans would be pretty happy with “wage slavery” that pays 80k a year.
paulryanrogers
Which is a good reason they should be overhauled and enforced consistently, to stop the abuse of both foreign workers and suppression of 'native' wages.
dyauspitr
I guarantee the foreign workers would pick this so called high paying abuse over returning to their countries and making a pittance. You’re transparent, you only really care about the suppression of native wages and you should just lead with that next time.
paulryanrogers
One can care about the welfare of both. You're being presumptuous.
dbbk
Title is misleading, it's not actually a department because it's not in government. It's essentially a committee of external consultants.
loliver666
Musk's companies receive significant government money.
voxic11
And they provide disproportionate value compared to their competitors. Which is why people want Musk to be the "efficiency czar".
bmgoau
The value is irrelevant. It's a conflict of interests for a citizen to be the CEO of a government contractor and work for the government, especially in a role that may have sway over how the government spends it's money. I'd go even further and say it's corruption.