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|content=One reason that tech executives are so wealthy is that they lie about [[Labor Shortages|shortages]] to get government to flood their specific labor markets, and so donā€™t have to make their STEM workers truly wealthy. They make STEM workers weak instead.
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I wish it werenā€™t true. But it is what it is.
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|content=Eric Schmidt filled the WH science office with allies -- and picked up their salaries
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/28/google-billionaire-joe-biden-science-office-00020712 via @politico
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|content=Letā€™s stop this ā€œlabor shortageā€ dead in its tracks. Letā€™s not print visas. Itā€™s time to recognize workers are suffering from a *share shortage*. We need to print shares not visas and add them to compensation packages.
|content=Letā€™s stop this [[Labor Shortages|ā€œlabor shortageā€]] dead in its tracks. Letā€™s not print visas. Itā€™s time to recognize workers are suffering from a *share shortage*. We need to print shares not visas and add them to compensation packages.


Bingo! Look at that: totally fictitiousĀ  problem solved. šŸ™
Bingo! Look at that: totally fictitiousĀ  problem solved. šŸ™
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|content=I feel gaslit when grown-ups talk about labor shortages in market economies w wage mechanisms.
|content=I feel gaslit when grown-ups talk about [[Labor Shortages|labor shortages in market economies w wage mechanisms]].


Itā€™s basically an admission that capitalism is meant as a TRICK where workers canā€™t benefit from markets.
Itā€™s basically an admission that capitalism is meant as a TRICK where workers canā€™t benefit from markets.
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But the news media counts on workers being too dumb to understand the wage mechanism. So everyone in media pretends to believe in labor shortages. Like they were jackalopes.
But the news media counts on workers being too dumb to understand the wage mechanism. So everyone in media pretends to believe in labor shortages. Like they were jackalopes.


Letā€™s print shares & not visas. https://t.co/1BamM9kNEo
Letā€™s print shares & not visas.
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|content=I donā€™t think either party wants to hear what Iā€™d have to say.
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Immigration to America was the greatest thing that ever happened to my family. Everyone who wants to come should try. I WISH we could make that miracle happen for everyone.
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We simply CANā€™T without losing our nation.
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|content=If someone wants to fly me to the border Iā€™m happy to go. I may be highly xenophilic, but I am more restrictionist than both parties so it is likely unnecessary.
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I donā€™t believe in [[Labor Shortages|ā€œlabor shortagesā€]] in market economies and I donā€™t believe in ā€œundocumented citizens.ā€
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|content=I respect your opinion a lot, but I highly recommend you visit the border, unlike our VP. This is a protest. Many towns on the border have had more people crossing than live there. How do you suggest calling attention to this?
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|content=I believe in strong borders, deporting those who come illegally, and various ugly things that donā€™t play well optically but are needed to have a diverse market based free society that can welcome the persecuted, family members, visitors/friends and the extraordinary individual.
|timestamp=4:52 PM Ā· Sep 16, 2022
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|content=My motto is something like: show me a person with a simple inspiring immigration message and Iā€™ll show you the absolute misery it will create.
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Show me a person with an ethical approach to immigration that actually works and Iā€™ll show you optical ugliness that will be demonized.
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