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		swiftcoder 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Updates to H-1B > However, since this defense, they can’t, and will never be competitive. The US defence budget is ~20x Meta revenues. They can be competitive, but they don't choose to allocate their resources that way.

lazide 7 months ago [–]

They seem pretty happy to try to guilt trip people into taking the pay hit ‘for the good of the country’ while someone in the middle pockets the difference though.

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