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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 13:50:27 -0500
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On 5/10/2025 10:14 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My solution, ironically, is tariffs. If there was a $50,000/year tariff
>> for each H1B brought in, companies would only bring in the actual 'best
>> of the best'.
> 
> This is true, but what about universities which may not have such
> budgets?  I am thinking perhaps most of the people who really deserve
> H1-B visas would be employed in academia or research.  But the idea
> is not an unworkable one.
> --scott

When I got into grad school in Mechanical Engineering at TAMU in 1982, I 
was the only USA citizen.  The rot has been going on that long.  I 
dropped out when I found a job that spring when I got my undergraduate 
degree.

Lynn