http://techtoil.org/ 2010-09-09T22:03:48-06:00 http://techtoil.org/ http://techtoil.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-08-30T13:08:14-06:00 walter byrd http://techtoil.org/doku.php?id=articles:microsoft_lies_to_press_and_congress&rev=1283195294&do=diff " Bill Gates told Washington Post columnist David Broder that the types of people they were bringing in on H-1B Visas, are: " " " Highly paid, highly qualified individuals. Salaries for these jobs at Microsoft start at about $100,000 a year. Their counterparts can be hired more cheaply in China or India, he said, but Microsoft does 85 percent of its research and development work in the United States because it wants its computer scientists interacting directly with its program managers and … text/html 2010-08-30T13:06:42-06:00 walter byrd http://techtoil.org/doku.php?id=articles:archive&rev=1283195202&do=diff News * 2010-Aug-18: Ripped off by "The Peak Organization" * 2010-Aug-17: Business and Unions at War over Worker Visas * 2010-Aug: Game Developer * 2010-Aug: Barclays Capital to cut hundreds of jobs * 2010-Aug: U.S. To Train 3,000 Offshore IT Workers * 2010-Aug: Nice Job Obama * 2010-Jun: H1B is fundamentally about cheap labor * 2010-Jun: At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40 * 2010-Apr: NumbersUSA on High-tech workers * 2010-Jan: CompTIA reneges on agreement with CompTIA cer… text/html 2010-08-30T12:47:28-06:00 walter byrd http://techtoil.org/doku.php?id=articles:surge_in_corporate_tax_welfare&rev=1283194048&do=diff Surge in Corporate Tax Welfare Drives Corporate Tax Payments Down to Near Record Low " Even before this year’s new corporate loopholes, corporate tax welfare had been expanding rapidly. Tax breaks for stock options, congressional indifference to abusive offshore corporate tax shelters, and other tax breaks have allowed many companies to earn billions in profits, yet pay little or nothing in federal income taxes." text/html 2010-08-30T12:42:00-06:00 walter byrd http://techtoil.org/doku.php?id=articles:microsoft_feels_no_moral_imperative_to_hire_americans&rev=1283193720&do=diff MS made it very clear to the US senate that MS feels no moral obligation to hire Americans. Microsoft To Grassley: We're Still Using H-1Bs, No 'Moral Imperative' To Hire Americans " Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Microsoft (MSFT) calling the company on the carpet for its outspoken support for the H-1B program even as it undergoes thousands of layoffs. The Senator went on to tell the company it has a “moral imperative” to put the jobs of US citizens over foreigners in the co… text/html 2010-08-30T11:17:41-06:00 walter byrd http://techtoil.org/doku.php?id=home&rev=1283188661&do=diff 2010-08-18: Ripped off by "The Peak Organization" “The Peak Organization” is located in New York, I am located in Colorado. The amount in question is not worth contacting a lawyer, or going to small claims court. My guess is: Peak knows that, and that is why they are ripping me off.