H1-B visas hurt one type of worker and exploit another. This mess must be fixed

It must never be cheaper for a corporation to hire a guest worker from overseas than an American worker. We are living in a moment with unprecedented income and wealth inequality. At a time when the richest people in our country have never had it so good, 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and inflation-adjusted income for the average American worker has been stagnant for 50 years. Why is that?

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We need major reforms in the H-1B program

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Manchester Journal There has been a lot of discussion lately about the H-1B guest worker program. Elon Musk and a number of other billionaire tech company owners have argued that this federal program is vital to our economy because of the scarcity of highly skilled American engineers and other tech workers. I disagree. The main function of

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Why I’m voting against the military budget

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The Guardian While so many Americans struggle to get by, the US is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured and 21.5m households are paying more than 50% of their income on housing. We have one

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