American Jobs Going To Foreigners By Corporate, Government Design
LONG BEACH, Calif. — American jobs are, by design, being given to foreigners, according to California attorney James Otto who explains that “legal immigration,” under the HI-B law, is taking away more than two million American jobs per year.
“Transparency is the enemy of corporations and government, which is why steps to stem their partnership-in-ubiquity in enhancing legal immigration have continued support from well-paid politicians at the state and federal levels, despite the disturbing facts,” he notes. “Different states host different loopholes for perpetuating the corporation’s extraordinary influence. Pennsylvania currently has no limit on campaign contributions, while Ohio’s lobbying law fails to require disclosure of lobbyists’ salaries, complicating the effort to get hard numbers on their political spending.
“There is a direct and frightening parallel between the failure to get better disclosure of the facts supporting legal immigration effecting how they actually diminish American access to its own jobs, and the failure to get better disclosure of the industry’s political expenditures,” Otto explained.
“Corporations have been ramping up their independent political expenditures since Citizens United. Three ways to give the public more of a fighting chance are requiring disclosure of all independent political expenditures, requiring disclosure of political expenditures to corporate shareholders, and giving corporate shareholders the power to approve or disapprove such expenditures in advance.”
Otto, a civil rights attorney, stresses that American firms have failed to adhere to civil rights laws. Otto declares corporations have installed surreptitious strategies to illegally discriminate against the entire American workforce. The result is a betrayed American dream of “fairness to all.” The author of “Jerry Maguire” was spot on “just follow the money.”
“Written into America’s genetic code is the proposition that the United States will always protect American jobs in order to bring the American dream to all. If you study, work hard and are faithful to America, then you will be treated equally and have every opportunity offered to you. By betraying the American dream, corporations are gambling with a direct assault on America’s values, money system and our economic past and future. It’s all done by sleight of hand, concealed by economic double-speak.”
These discriminatory actions now practiced by U.S. employers is the reason behind James Otto’s pioneering lawsuit against Beasley v. Molina Healthcare, Inc., filed in Long Beach, Calif. Here, 225 highly trained American workers were replaced by Molina Healthcare, Inc. and Cognizant Technology with foreign workers. The complaint alleges the company falsely swore to the Department of Labor that it was not replacing any U.S. worker by bringing in over 500 foreign workers. According to the lawsuit, the Director of Human Resources’ investigation established testimony from 160 IT employees testifying to the rampart segregation of U.S. workers; the budget manager has testified that Molina had plenty of work but decided to fire all U.S. workers; and two directors of the IT Department have stated that Molina did intend to segregate all American workers out of their labor market.
Perhaps equally egregious, the lawsuit alleges that “the entirety of Molina’s annual income comes from the U.S. taxpayer via the federal government, which pays the Medicare and Medicare claims filed by Molina’s insured. In other words, public monies fund Molina that has collected over $9 billion dollars from the U.S government just in the last three years and spent a large portion of the taxpayer’s money to fire American workers and to hire an abundance of workers brought in from India.”
According to the lawsuit, “By way of Molina’s operations, several billion of U.S. taxpayer dollars have gone directly to India without any benefit to the American economy or to the U.S. taxpayer.”
The complaint further alleges that “After the mass layoff of all U.S. workers, the IT Department exceeded its annual budget by over $5.5 million dollars only three months into the year, due to the increase in the number of laborers from India. Yet, Molina’s management continued to insist on hiring the more expensive cognizant H1-B contractors over the less expensive U.S. workers, who were more experienced and knew Molina’s business systems.”
In a testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he is in favor of expansion of H-1B visa programm, offered to highly skilled professionals and students to live and work in the U.S.
On Dec. 7, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, through the U.S. Embassy in India, announced that the State Department has authorized the U.S embassy to allow the admission of a limitless number of foreign workers into the U.S. to take jobs that millions of unemployed Americans could and would and should do.
The practical implications of the State Department’s conduct is that every U.S employer can now hire as many foreign workers as they desire to replace all American workers.
In a rear guard action, Senators, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), are attempting to limit the harm to Americans and American jobs by proposing to limit the number of imported foreign workers to 50% of a company’s U.S. workforce, the so-called 50/50 rule.
The U.S. government invested an undisclosed sum in Armenia to train workers to compete with U.S. workers.
Between 2001 and 2006, the average number of admitted foreign “workers and trainees” into the U.S. was only 860,000.
However, these numbers increased drastically beginning in 2007, to 1,932,075. In 2010, that number had grown to 2,816,525.
Every admitted foreign worker or trainee was admitted on an employment visa, which required every foreign worker had to be employed by a U.S employer before entering the U.S.; thus, every foreign worker was taking jobs that either would have been available to or were already occupied by U.S. workers. In the category of “Worker and Families” that were admitted into the U.S., the numbers increase by an average of 74% per year. Because many of these families include a working spouse, the impact on U.S. workers and lost U.S. jobs could be as much as doubled.
Americans feel the disconnect between “no jobs available” and importing millions of foreign workers. Is it purely coincidental that from 2008 through 2010, 8.4 million foreign workers found U.S. based jobs, while, according to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistic, during the same time period, the U.S. lost approximately 8.4 million jobs.
The segregation of Americans out of the American job market is soon to be complete. There are “foreigners only” want ads all across the country. Outside of Chicago an advertisement for a SAS programmer boldly states, “H-1b Holders Only.”
Another advertisement is for an Entry Level job for foreign students – ONLY. A third advertises “Walk-in Interviews” for a job opening in New Jersey – but you must go to Pune, India to interview! Indian headhunters are recruiting abroad for K-12 teachers, cancer surgeons and real estate salespersons to work in the United States. Exelon, an information technology staffing firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., posted an advertisement for a technical writer to work on projects for a Chinese client. The advertisment read “arrogant American(s)” need not apply.
American college students are faced with employers who will only hire foreigners. The U.S. government has established preferences for foreign students to get into a U.S based school and the gives them preferences to jobs while in college, through the OPT and/or CPT visas. Over 2,000 jobs for entry level college graduates can be found on the internet at any one time. Yet, more than half of those job opportunities are for foreigners only.
“The result is an inequality that is rapidly undermining democracy,” says Otto. “Like an odorless gas, every corner of our country is being sapped of its strength. The evidence of the economic pollution is everywhere. As Bob Dole once said, ‘The poor don’t contribute to campaign funds.’ Our government is consistently favoring the rich. This is the sad source of the problem.”
James A. Otto, a former Marine Corps officer in the 1970s, is an attorney based in Northridge, CA. He served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corp. from 1976 to 1980. From 1996 to 2002, he worked for the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing prosecuting violators of California’s civil rights laws in both employment and housing. Presently, he is developing new legal theories to protect American workers and green card holders from national origin discrimination. Details: <http://lawofficeofjamesaotto.com/home/>
U.S. Not Really Leaving Iraq
BAGHDAD — The words of President Obama that the war on Iraq is over is not really true, since thousands of U.S. armed private contractors will be based in the country. After the troop pullout, the Office of Security Cooperation will exist under the auspices of the U.S. embassy.
The State Department will be providing the largest embassy in existence, employing about 18,000 people. The breakdown includes a few diplomats, civil service workers, and non-Iraqi contractors to do laundry, cleaning, mail services, and similar duties. However, there will be a big component of armed private security contractors, estimated at around 5,500.
The United States government is remaining hush about what the duties of these security contractors will be, but it is suspected that their mission will be to assure that ties with Iran are cut.
‘Armageddon Virus’ To Be Launched?
SYDNEY, Australia — Secret experiments are being conducted separately by U.S. and the Netherlands scientists to develop a mutant bird flu virus. They claim that their work will not be published in order to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic.
Being researched by the two teams are ways to alter the H5N1 avian influenza so that it can easily pass between mammals.
H5N1 first infected humans in 1997 and more than half of those infected died.
Some drug companies want the results of the studies released so that a hunt for vaccines can begin. There is concern the virus could mutate and mimic past pandemic flu outbreaks such as the “Spanish flu” of 1918-1919, which killed 50 million people, and outbreaks in 1957 and 1968 that killed three million.
Chairman of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, Paul Keim, described the results of the experiments as being such a dangerous biological weapon, it would not be controllable and whoever used it would doubtlessly kill their own people as well.
Attempts to censor details of controversial influenza experiments that created a highly infectious form of bird-flu virus are unlikely to stop the information from leaking out, according to scientists familiar with the research. Some said that the decision of censorship came too late because the information has already been widely shared among flu researchers.
Professor Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., said that the research, which was funded by the U.S. government, should never have been done without first assessing the risks and benefits.
“The work posed risks that outweighed benefits and that were clearly foreseeable before the work was performed,” Professor Ebright said.
Risks Of Gardasil Greater Than Benefits
GREAT BRITAIN — A recent article pubished by the Annals of Medicine suggests that the risks to teenagers taking Gardasil could far outweigh benefits from the HPV vaccine, since “proof based” studies are inconclusive and other ways to prevent the condition are available.
The full report is available at <http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Tomljenovic-and-Shaw-HPV-vaccines-and-evidence-based-medicine-Ann-Med-20111.pdf>.
The article notes that “All drugs are associated with some risks of adverse reactions. Because vaccines represent a special category of drugs, generally given to healthy individuals, uncertain benefits mean that only a small level of risk for adverse reactions is acceptable. Furthermore, medical ethics demand that vaccination should be carried out with the participant’ s full and informed consent.
“This necessitates an objective disclosure of the known or foreseeable vaccination benefits and risks. The way in which HPV vaccines are often promoted to women indicates that such disclosure is not always given from the basis of the best available knowledge.
“For example, while the world ’s leading medical authorities state that HPV vaccines are an important cervical cancer prevention tool, clinical trials show no evidence that HPV vaccination can protect against cervical cancer. Similarly, contrary to claims that cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide, existing data show that this only applies to developing countries.”
The abstract, authored by Lucija Tomljenovic and Christopher A. Shaw, notes that “current worldwide HPV immunization practices with either of the two HPV vaccines appear to be neither justifi ed by long-term health benefi ts nor economically viable, nor is there any evidence that HPV vaccination (even if proven effective against cervical cancer) would reduce the rate of cervical cancer beyond what Pap screening has already achieved.
“Cumulatively, the list of serious adverse reactions related to HPV vaccination worldwide includes deaths, convulsions, paraesthesia, paralysis, Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), transverse myelitis, facial palsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, anaphylaxis, autoimmune disorders, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms, and cervical cancers.”
They suggest that physicians adopt a more rigorous “evidence-based medicine approach.”
Alaskan Diseased Seals Being Tested For Fukushima Radiation
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Scientists in Alaska have virtually ruled out that scores of seals that have washed upon Alaska’s coastline since July had suffered from a virus and are now investigating the possibility that radiation from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is the cause. The nuclear plant has been leaking radiation since a March earthquake and tsunami.
They have termed the disease “mysterious,” which includes bleeding lesions on hind flippers, skin irritation around the nose and eyes, and some hair loss on the fur coats of the seals.
“We recently received samples of seal tissue from diseased animals captured near St Lawrence Island with a request to examine the material for radioactivity,” said John Kelley, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
“There is concern expressed by some members of the local communities that there may be some relationship to the Fukushima nuclear reactor’s damage,” he said.
Icelandic People Refuse To Pay International Debt Caused By Banks
ICELAND — Following the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland went bankrupt, due to questionable associations with foreign countries by that country’s three largest banks.
After loan negotiatons went belly-up there, including a requirement that each Icelander pay $130 per month for 15 years, at 5.5 percent interest, to cover costs incurred by private parties, Head of State Olafur Ragnar Grimsson declined to ratify the new law that would make Icelanders responsible for bankers’ debts, and supported calls for a referendum.
As globalists warned of dire consequences and penalties against Iceland if its citizenry did not accept the responsibility to cover for the banks, the Icelandic government launched investigations into the those behind the financal crisis and issued warrants for bankers implicated in the wrong-doing.
Icelanders also agreed to some budget cuts, primarily involving disbanding the military infrastructure. This was followed by drafting a new constitution in order to be free from foreign financial interests.
Rick Perry Rental Home Costing Taxpayers
Rick “the Big Spender” Perry’s rental home costs Texas taxpayers between $10K and $20K per month, while his security costs between $400K and $600K PER MONTH!!!
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Very interesting for a guy who chides Washington officials for their outrageous pork expenditures and misleading taxpayers. Perry also says he wants a part time Congress at half the current salaries.
“Pork barrel spending, where senators, they scratch one another’s backs, is not federalism,” he said. “That’s about fleecing the American public.” — Rick Perry
Meanwhile, Perry’s rental costs a small fortune to Texas taxpayers and the Governor just submitted the paperwork for his retirement, for which he gets a hefty pension in addition to his $150,000 salary. Together Perry now earns $240,000 per year. So, who is ripping off hardworking and hardly working taxpayers???
“By comparison, the Texas governor’s mansion is wholly owned by the state – there is no rent or mortgage to pay. As currently configured, it has about 9,900 total square feet, but most is public space packed with historic artifacts. Only 2,750 square feet is dedicated to the governor’s residence.” — Dallas Morning News
Perry weakly once tried to defend the rental costs for the 6,385 square foot mansion on Lake Travis. Perry was as arrogant as ever. The Dallas news article stated:
Perry dismissed such criticism with a laugh when asked by the AP about the costs of living in the exclusive Estates of Barton Creek neighborhood in west Austin: “If that’s the best cut anybody’s got of leadership in the state of Texas, then bring it on.”
Perry is a hypocrite and a liar and will do ANYTHING to increase his own worth and that adds profits of his special interests. He is at the least as bad as the Washington politicians he says he dislikes.
In addition, Perry charges his security costs to Texas taxpayers while he gallivants around the nation as a Presidential candidate. Should the more than $400,000 per month be paid for with his campaign contributions?
The Texas Tribune posted an article about the security and related costs that are being charged to taxpayers during an economy that shows cuts in needed state services and increasing property taxes. That doesn’t bother Governor Perry as long as he lives “high on the hog.”
“His state-provided security guards were flying pretty high, too, spending more than $32,000 in taxpayer money for travel and lodging in San Francisco, $4,400 to dine near the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Simi Valley, and another $6,400 for plane tickets to San Diego, records show.”
Lastly, people forget that Rick Perry became a millionaire WHILE serving as Governor of Texas. That in itself smells like week-old unrefrigerated fish and is blatantly a conflict of interests. He also frequently uses a private plane contributed by one of his wealthy special interests, who still happens to be under investigation by the SEC.
How can anyone trust this man, let alone vote for him. (It’s a rhetorical question, see, no question mark)
Peter Stern, a former director of information services, university professor and public school administrator, is a disabled Vietnam veteran who lives in Driftwood, Texas.
