JohnStOnge wrote:He said more than that on the H1B visas..you're just over reacting..and he did a good job explaining how the US has gotten hosed on trade.
Just what do you think he said? Youtube has the Republican debate in pieces. This piece is the one in which Donald Trump talked about H1B visas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4u1xSQzg2g
I am actually going to go through the trouble of transcribing what he said. There were two Question/Answer sessions involving Trump ont he issue of H1B visas. Here is #1:
Q: Mr. Trump, your critics say your campaign platform is inconsistent with how you run your businesses, noting that you've brought in foreign workers instead of hiring Americans and your companies manufacture clothing in China and Mexico. Why should voters trust that you will run the country differently from how you run your businesses?
Trump: Because nobody knows the system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. Nobody knows it better than me. I'm a businessman. These are laws. These are regulations. These are rules. We're allowed to do it. And frankly, because of the devaluations that other countries...their monetary devaluations...that other countries are constantly doing and brilliantly doing against us it's very very hard for our companies in this country in our country to compete. So I will take advantage of it. They're the laws. But I'm the one that knows how to change it. Nobody else on this dias knows how like I do. Believe me.
Here is #2:
Q: Mr. Trump, I do want to come to you...will you also in your answer address how long you think that pause would be and what that pause would look like?
Trump: Well first of all I think and I know the H1B very well and it's something that I frankly use and I shouldn't be allowed to use we shouldn't have it. Very, very bad for workers. And second of all I think it's very important to say, well I'm a businessman and I have to do what I have to do and it's sitting there waiting for you but it's very bad it's very bad for business in terms of...a...it's very bad for our workers and it's unfair for our workers and we should end it. Very importantly the Disney workers endorsed me as you probably read and I got a full endorsement because they're the ones that said and they had a news conference and they said that he's the only one that's going to be able to fix it because it is a mess. I think for a period of a year to two years we have to look back and we have to see just to answer the second part of your question where we are where we stand what's going on. We have to take sort of a strong good hard look and come up with plans that work and we're rushing into things and we're just we're leading with the chin we're leading with people that don't know what they're doing in terms of our leadership. I would say a minimum of one year maybe two years.
That is rambling nonsense. I mean really. I am astounded that you would say he provided some kind of cogent discussion on H1B visas. He sounded totally lost. Either that or he just isn't capable of expressing himself effectively when it comes to actually having to explain things.
What, exactly, is wrong with those answers?
The guy is correct...the system is being abused. Trump should know.
Look, the guy admits that he uses the system and that the system is abused. But, what business person would NOT use the system...it would put you at a disadvantage.
Lil' Cluck goes to a charter school...one rated as one of the best in the country. We save $15,000 in tuition. I am against charter schools...FIX THE DAMN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS instead of adding additional schools. But, in Delaware, that is a political bomb...so charters are expanding. But hey, Lil' Cluck is getting a great education for free, and we are putting that $15,000 away for his college tuition.
Like Trump, I'd be a fool to not use the current system. But, I think the current system is wasteful and wrong. If elected, I would fix the system. So, what is silly about that?
As far as the second question, he answers...2 years. But he also is flexible. Try something...if it needs tweaking, OK. To me, that is better than saying, "1.5 years...no flexibility. My system will work." Sure, people like you want to hear a neatly packaged and rehearsed direct answer with numbers and charts...but the world doesn't work that way.
