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Sloww aparently can't copy and paste correctly:Originally posted by Asher View Post
Relevent quote from the source of Sloww's article.News 8 has discovered more than 100 mechanics from Mexico have been recruited by San Antonio Aerospace (SAA) at a time the company is laying off higher wage American workers.
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I think it's far more likely they posted the wrong number and have since DanSed it in their article.Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
With fact checkers like that, who needs real journalists? GO TEXAS.
Maybe they should use some TN visas to get competent journalists."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Are you suggesting that an upstanding institution such as a local tv station from Dallas might be careless with their news?Originally posted by Asher View Post
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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I think it's far more likely they posted the wrong number and have since DanSed it in their article.
Yep. Another local tv station (from San Antonio) copied the article, including the initial glaring error.
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The SAA repairmen are the ****ing people that the Mexican repairmen are replacing. No **** they're going to blather on about how the stupid Mexicans can't do their job. The basic fact is that the company finds it cheaper to hire x Mexicans at y dollars an hour than to hire a Americans at b dollars an hour, while getting the same work done. Too ****ing bad. Welcome to the global marketplace, *****es. Factor ****ing price equalization. It doesn't matter whether the Mexicans repair engines in the US or Mexico; the price for an engine repairmen is lower than it used to be because there are more people who can repair engines.
What if there had been a technological innovation which allowed engines to only be repaired half as often? Would we be listening to this nativist bull****? Mexicans are a technology that allows engines to be repaired at some lower cost than they used to be. As far as I'm concerned, anti-traders and anti-immigrants (for reasons of competition with native labour) are no ****ing better than Luddites.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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TN visas are now for 3 years, BTW. They used to be for 1 year (they're still renewable as many times as you could convince the border guy that you plan on leaving someday).
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I find it hilarious that ANY reporter allowed a number like that to slip through. There's an army of Mexican aircraft mechanics in San Antonio and NOBODY NOTICED.
****, call the National Guard.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Then it's the problem of management without relevant skills. Again, this whole language issue is a red herring.Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
I will consider any good answer given to my question.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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dp12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Computer programmers are not eligible for TN-1 visasOriginally posted by DanS View Post
"Computer Systems Analyst" is the closest match, but border guys try to screen out simple programmers.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Yes, you have to be very careful to mention when you are a software consultant that you are a computer systems analyst.
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I think they probably ask a couple of questions about what you'll be doing (and read the job description). If it says "coding 8 hours a day" they will reject you. Or not; who knows how bright the border guys are. They're pretty friendly though. Especially the Vermont ones.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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