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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 13:50:27 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <vvo75k$3lujr$1@dont-email.me> References: <vvbh3k$1iak0$1@dont-email.me> <1kas1kti9i2n8ut7e3ijlcndnc38eapins@4ax.com> <vvlequ$obs$1@panix2.panix.com> <vvlpe0$3174a$1@dont-email.me> <vvnqh1$t5k$1@panix2.panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 20:50:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0a386b7f055161a69637d2ce057f1d07"; logging-data="3865211"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19GQ8YP1qsCkhY7ZY9AGpL0ouApHVS4aNI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rcl+5N3oxPTGNz2In/IiaV/bUMY= In-Reply-To: <vvnqh1$t5k$1@panix2.panix.com> Content-Language: en-US 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