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Opposite of fixed is `not fixed` instead of unlimited. I never said America has unlimited jobs but the number of jobs would depend on too many factors.

Someone has a degree does not mean the person is productive enough to get an actual full time job. Also government's protectionist mechanisms only hurt these people. Assume that for any job there is a productivity level required X. For some value X=N, it is profitable to simply outsource that job to India. For all values X>N it is affordable to hire a person in US, also there is a strong demand for people X>N.

Under these conditions all the American citizens who have a degree but with productivity level <=N they have no choice but to to something to raise it to a certain extent in order to get employed or learn to make Tacos.

If the government comes up with more rationalized H1B limit then many companies would prefer to simply give H1Bs to cheap labor from India. Yes, true thousands of half educated people from India would flock to America, but at the same time this will lead to more x<N jobs in US for which even Americans can compete. A lot of those unemployed graduates would then have a better shot at getting employed.


The least you could do is offer a counter argument rather than a blind downvote you a-hole.


I did not down-vote your answer and this kind of foul language is not acceptable in the community.


Swear words aren't against the rules, but personal attacks are. We ban people for that, especially when they don't have a history as a positive contributor to HN.




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