Yeah, this was L.A. The situation I described really only speaks to the fact that the importation of foreign workers has become institutionalized. Quotas on the overall number of nursing licenses combined with preferential treatment for immigrants have a real effect and prevent locals from working these careers, but I'm sure the ways these obstacles manifest varies by state.
The workplace language is still English, but just like you commonly hear Spanish in the kitchens of many (most?) restaurants, it's pretty common here to hear Tagalog in hospital hallways and it's become more pervasive over the years.
Sounds like the preferential treatment could be addressed. That is discriminatory.
Here's a concept: Tariffs are on goods...and services? If the work is done by a foreign worker (i.e., a citizen of that country), would it not follow that their salary is subject to tariff? Because this is only outsourcing, except they have brought it into our borders. If they naturalize, the tariff would no longer apply. Hmm... The more I think about this, the more I like it.
Harder to enforce, and a few tricky concepts. What about a US engineer, for example, who normally works in the US but goes to Canada to take care of relatives for 6 months? Or an inspector who routinely travels to foreign countries. Subject to tariffs or not? Worth thinking about - for example I hate US municipal governments that outsource their customer service departments to India and would love for that to stop ...
I don't see any problem with how a citizen uses their personal time. Or, is it hired work to take care of the relatives? As long as it is a U.S. company paying a U.S. citizen, no tariffs need apply.
Same thing with an inspector. The issue is the nationality of who pays the worker and the nationality of the worker. If they are different, tariffs may apply.
I am proceeding on the premise that a foreign national is, to that extent, a piece of foreign sovereignty, and paying for their labor is a service between countries, liable to tariff. This would get at the insourcing of outsourcing, which is the problem we face.
Yeah, this was L.A. The situation I described really only speaks to the fact that the importation of foreign workers has become institutionalized. Quotas on the overall number of nursing licenses combined with preferential treatment for immigrants have a real effect and prevent locals from working these careers, but I'm sure the ways these obstacles manifest varies by state.
The workplace language is still English, but just like you commonly hear Spanish in the kitchens of many (most?) restaurants, it's pretty common here to hear Tagalog in hospital hallways and it's become more pervasive over the years.
Sounds like the preferential treatment could be addressed. That is discriminatory.
Here's a concept: Tariffs are on goods...and services? If the work is done by a foreign worker (i.e., a citizen of that country), would it not follow that their salary is subject to tariff? Because this is only outsourcing, except they have brought it into our borders. If they naturalize, the tariff would no longer apply. Hmm... The more I think about this, the more I like it.
Harder to enforce, and a few tricky concepts. What about a US engineer, for example, who normally works in the US but goes to Canada to take care of relatives for 6 months? Or an inspector who routinely travels to foreign countries. Subject to tariffs or not? Worth thinking about - for example I hate US municipal governments that outsource their customer service departments to India and would love for that to stop ...
I don't see any problem with how a citizen uses their personal time. Or, is it hired work to take care of the relatives? As long as it is a U.S. company paying a U.S. citizen, no tariffs need apply.
Same thing with an inspector. The issue is the nationality of who pays the worker and the nationality of the worker. If they are different, tariffs may apply.
I am proceeding on the premise that a foreign national is, to that extent, a piece of foreign sovereignty, and paying for their labor is a service between countries, liable to tariff. This would get at the insourcing of outsourcing, which is the problem we face.