alt Hacker NewsWhat if there were tariffs applied to importing laborer or using offshore contractors?
That wouldn't do anything to address any supply shortages of workers for certain skills but would at least level the playing field for citizens looking to get into fields like tech, nursing, medicine, and more.
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scarface_74 • last Friday at 9:26 PM
And then large companies can just set up entire offices overseas - all of the large tech companies already have large offices and subsidiaries overseas.
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If you tax remittances at 50%+ I have a feeling that suddenly many of the incentives for the H-1B workers themselves would change for the better.