While Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been stirred controversy for supporting H-1B visas for foreign workers, the largest guest worker program that is killing jobs for new American college grads is the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. OPT has no caps, gives employers payroll tax deductions up to $12,000 per worker, and has no wage requirements. OPT creates an unfair advantage for foreign grads, costs Social Security and Medicare well over a billion dollars each year, and also serves as a backdoor pipeline to H-1B visas. OPT literally pays companies to avoid hiring Americans. OPT began as a “short-term” program has morphed into a full-blown weapon against American jobs. In 2008, Bill Gates tried and failed to get the H-1B visa program expanded for cheaper labor. He then lobbied Michael Chertoff, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, to extend the duration of OPT beyond 1 year, effectively creating a workaround for H-1B visa caps.
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We accepted it when we voted for him. We are not just civilians here. As the side panel says, we are digital soldiers. We don't have time for dissention in the ranks. President Trump is MAGA. He has a lot more information at his disposal, and he has made this plan. It is not for us to question his actions, like some degenerate, blue haired liberal. That's what makes us different from them.
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If you're on here, then you're taking part on the digital battlefield. This isn't just a fan club or a messaging board, this is serious business. Even the use of things like memes are being used as an important element of phycological warfare and are being used to shape the conversation.