Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders criticized Elon Musk over his support for the H-1B visa program, calling it a tool for corporations to replace good-paying American jobs with lower-wage foreign labor.

Sanders cited data showing U.S. companies laid off 85,000 American workers between 2022 and 2023 while hiring 34,000 H-1B visa holders, arguing this undermines U.S. competitiveness.

Musk, who credits the visa program for his success, defended it, stating he’s ready to “go to war” over the issue.

The debate has divided MAGA conservatives, exposing rifts within Trump’s coalition.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    No Bernie let them fight. “Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself.”

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      Oh he’s absolutely letting them fight, he’s just stoking them up more playing into the big issue splitting the republican party in two.

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      Bernie always was MAGA but not for the slogan but actually to improve people’s lives.

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          We did have a 90% tax bracket… and Roe v. Wade, and Presidents who were presumably accountable to the justice system, and elections that people generally accepted the outcome, and much less toxic disconnect between political parties, and media that wasn’t all owned by a handful of billionaires, and we had the Fairness Doctrine, and Citizens United.

          So yah getting back to that basic level of functionality would be nice actually.

          Whenever I think of “MAGA” I think of the strong middle class that characterized post-war America and wonder wtf these people are actually doing.

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            90% was the top rate, in practice the rich during that time paid less tax than today because they had huge loopholes

            Top 1% paid only 16.9% of their income in tax compared to 25.9% now (of the total amount, you can be in a higher bracket and your total percentage will always be lower than your bracket)

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          US has a lot of dark history for sure, but being middle class wasn’t as bad as it is right now.

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      I generally agree with you but I think there’s an exception to every rule, I mean, he just dumped gas on the MAGA dumpster fire. What’s wrong with that?

      Also, love me some barqs my dude.

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      I think the expression is “Don’t interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.”

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      I don’t know man I think now would be the perfect time for aoc to take the opposite side of bernie and then both sides of musk vs maga can point and say they are working with the dems