1) If Companies could just outsource this work they would already. An H1B Visa sponsorship is more costly than outsourcing.
2) H1B visa recipients very famously send money back to their home countries. Taking money out of our economy makes your "lesser of two evils" much muddier.
3) Federal taxes are not sufficient to raise the living standards of everyone in the US. Why do you think the concept of Welfare States exists?
> and the money is spent here for housing, food, cars, etc.. w
see point 2
The issue is actually much more complicated than you phrased it and that could be why many people are not willing to fall on the sword in the hope that our government will save them.
When the government starts giving out paychecks based on the federal tax revenue then I will assume the government will pay my rent. Till then you're basically saying "well the homeless shelters will be nicer for y'all"
Edit: Also your thinking leaves no room for the lost man-hours Americans spend applying to jobs that don't exist.
2) H1B visa recipients very famously send money back to their home countries. Taking money out of our economy makes your "lesser of two evils" much muddier.
3) Federal taxes are not sufficient to raise the living standards of everyone in the US. Why do you think the concept of Welfare States exists?
> and the money is spent here for housing, food, cars, etc.. w
see point 2
The issue is actually much more complicated than you phrased it and that could be why many people are not willing to fall on the sword in the hope that our government will save them.
When the government starts giving out paychecks based on the federal tax revenue then I will assume the government will pay my rent. Till then you're basically saying "well the homeless shelters will be nicer for y'all"
Edit: Also your thinking leaves no room for the lost man-hours Americans spend applying to jobs that don't exist.