It's a New Dawn

[Vyn]

I don't know why people are upset about this. What did they think was going to be happening?

Here's a link: https://www.rawstory.com/tesla-h1b-visas-elon-musk/

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has reportedly hired foreign workers with H-1B visas after a wave of layoffs in the U.S.

Electrek reported on Monday that Tesla recently "ramped up its use of H-1B visas to replace U.S. workers it let go during a wave of layoffs earlier this year."

Current and former Tesla employees confirmed the car company's move in recent days, Electrek said. Tesla reportedly laid off at least 14% of its 120,000 workers in 2024.

Over the past week, supporters of President-elect Donald Trump's MAGA movement have been furious with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-chairs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy after they called for an increase in H-1B visas and suggested U.S. workers were inferior.

Musk is also Tesla's CEO and largest shareholder.

[Zzzptm]

"I think that all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not. But I'm sick and tired of being told that I am." - Monty Python

US workers are "inferior" only when it comes time to pay them honestly. Amazon was getting H1B visas for *warehouse* workers.

[Vyn]

US workers are "inferior" only when it comes time to pay them honestly.

For sure. That, and unionization is less of a threat.

I'm kind of taken aback that folks are upset that things are moving in this direction - did they not realize that giving those folks the levers of power meant they would yank the fuck out of them for their own benefit?

Anyway, there's only going to be a lot more of that kind of thing coming down. I suggest buying stock in Kleenex.

[Zzzptm]

It's about to be real messy real soon.

I'm resolving right now to keep the "told you so" comments to myself and to be a helpful, supportive person to anyone who own-goaled themself with a choice of politician.

Polar vortex hits Texas on Monday, we'll see how that all shakes out.