h-1b-visa-holders-pay-billions-in-taxes-in-trumps-america
Jul 4, 2020
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Just sharing. i know trolls will come to defame it but its ok.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/india/1875899/h-1b-visa-holders-pay-billions-in-taxes-in-trumps-america/amp/
H-1B workers pay billions in taxes to fund programmes that benefit American citizens
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In infosys, wipro etc, h1b is used as a perk!!! If you say u r leaving them for a higher salary, they will lure you with an h1b offer!! That is a profound abuse of the system.
I am all for putting checks to prevent this abuse.
end of the year.
The Donald Trump administration has often blamed H-1B workers for stealing jobs from Americans. But this myopic view ignores how much these foreign workers contribute to the US economy
Above is a strawman argument. Itโs not myopic because those very Americans out of work would also be paying the same taxes if they were employed in the same job as the H1b.
In fact many on H1b send money home or will eventually move back home. where as most Americans stay here, spend here, retire here. Every dollar they earn aside from foreign vacations goes back into the American economy. Every time the dollar changes hands its taxed. Meanwhile my neighbor is sending thousands back home.
The American pie ๐ฅง is being sent abroad. And letโs not forget the IP Chinese H1b are taking with them too. Because letโs face it. China has only given us fake hand bags, tiktok and covid. They are #2 by theft.
Most H1Bs pay may be more taxes but not less than a citizen and youโre right a citizen would pay the same amount. However, H1B are not a burden on the already fragile healthcare system, have absolutely no criminal record, and most importantly no power to vote. The last point is why so many American political parties donโt give H1Bs paths to citizenship easily.
I digress. The most important piece is social security, healthcare and all the expenses that a country bears on its citizens.
You bring up remittances to their country. Letโs talk about that. On the surface companies like remitly, PayPal and others employ thousand and thousands of American workers. Transfer of money from one country to the other is a part of globalization. When you buy that โcheapโ iPhone thatโs because of globalization or strong American dollar.
I could go on and on and on but youโre walking on thin ice when you undermine the amount of benefits that high skilled immigrants bring to this country