Apple CEO tells whoppers in interview

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18. Yes, we keep voting in CORRUPT F'ING CONGRESSMEN that screw Americans over with education, etc.

... and make an IT education TOO F'ING EXPENSIVE for *SMART* kids with any sense to invest in (they would more intelligently pick fields like medicine or law where they won't be f'ing outsourced by these crooks. So many others that our jobs get outsourced in countries like India, etc. give their citizens FREE bachelor's degree educations that our kids can't touch, in addition to our standard of living being ten times higher than theirs.

Now, do I want to throw out foreign workers here from this country? NO! But I want a damn even playing field so that we can compete when we invest in education, etc. that we have in the past when we LEAD THE F'ING WORLD in creating the high tech sector and the internet with government subsidies then and an industry that initially didn't even have layoffs, in addition not having NAFTA-style free trade agreements or the H-1B program that even the congressman who was the person who CREATED this legislation in the early 90's then is now campaigning AGAINST this program as being riddled with corruption, and misused.

So, yes, it's our fault unless we throw OUT these corrupt congress people and other government figures and replace them with politicians that will work for US and not corporate american crooks that infect our government too much now! Go Bernie and those who are working with him to try and make this happen!

The times are changing though... Even Senator Cruz was getting criticized in the Republican debate by corporate whore Rubio for putting forth new legislation where Cruz is succumbing to Republican grass roots pressure to start working more against the H-1B program than his earlier stance of supporting it.

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/dec/16/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-ted-cruz-supports-legalizing-peop/

And Obama just passed a bill that has Indian body shop firms all up in arms about their H-1B fees more than doubled now unless they hire more Americans (which is why so many of us unemployed folks are seeing a lot of 3 month contract offers in our emails these days). Probably no coincidence that these are three months that is approximately the same time the TPP is being voted on that is rumored to be eliminating quotas on H-1B Visas too.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/the-pain-points-of-us-visa-fee-hike-for-it-companies/article8014661.ece

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-omnibus-spending-budget-bill-59155/

http://profit.ndtv.com/news/industries/article-us-visa-fees-hiked-it-firms-staring-at-over-rs-25-000-crore-bill-1257273

This article notes that this legislation will also affect education for Indian students getting degrees here in the U.S. A lot of them do come here to get graduate degrees so that coupled with free bachelor's degrees in India that American students need to pay heavily for here, they can get an American graduate degree at an American institution, and only pay for the graduate degree, where most American students have a hard enough time paying for a bachelor's tech degree, let alone both a bachelor's and a graduate degree.

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-12-21/Why-the-latest-H-1B-Bill-is-bad-news-for-Indian-students--194718

When the right wing such as Cruz reverses his stance on H-1B and is now adopting Bernie Sanders' language in his proposed legislation to increase H-1B minimum wages, and you have Breitbart reporting heavily on increasing of also heavily abused H-2B visa program in the recent Omnibus bill, I believe there's an opportunity to get Americans united to work for protecting American workers. And if Democrats can take the lead, they can ensure that such legislation is not xenophobic at its core, and more concerned about protecting workers against exploitation everywhere, not just creating new "bottoms" for the elites to race to like TPP and programs such as H-1B are creating.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/16/omnibus-increases-number-unskilled-guest-workers/

Rubio also feeling the pressure from Republicans on his stance on this issue too.

http://www.readingeagle.com/article/20151219/AP/312199939

I want to emphasize that we need to make sure that Indian or other nationality students are treated fairly, and that many of us welcome working alongside them here, and not just want to "keep them out" the way many Republicans want. But we want a level and fair playing field, which as noted in the above information doesn't exist today, but things might be changing with recent pressure to fix some of these problems. I think there's a big opportunity for us as Democrats to take the lead on this. But we need to be more vocal about our stances on things like H-1B and the "free trade" deals coming soon the way that Bernie is, and ensure that the political dialogue in our debates, and many of our primaries and subsequent elections have these issues discussed by Democrats and not just the "Trumpsters" amongst the Republicans.