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Mz Pip

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21. Vivek leaves out the big difference

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Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:41 PM

Dec 26

The US has plenty of smart qualified engineers. The foreign ones will work for less money.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged After Wild Rant on How American Workers Suck [View all] Zorro Dec 26 OP

LOL Skittles Dec 26 #1

Yeah he's shitting on some Dems too. RandomNumbers Dec 27 #67

hey, I worked in IT for over four decades (operations) Skittles Dec 27 #69

Let me join in roscoeroscoe Dec 26 #2

The average American worker sucks because they vote against their own best interest and don't even know it. texasfiddler Dec 26 #3

Ramasmarmy needs to... 2naSalit Dec 26 #4

Vivek RammedtheSwamy on this one. Lemons UK Dec 27 #65

Whoa, Vivek! Mike Nelson Dec 26 #5

Hmmm, I agree with what he's saying here. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 26 #6

engineers just do not make money like banksters and wall st hustlers do rampartd Dec 26 #16

Then why did your parents immigrate here? surfered Dec 26 #7

They came when the public education system was at its best Dem4life1234 Dec 26 #15

so Vivek could be their ANCHOR BABY Captain Zero Dec 27 #60

Saturday morning cartoons still exist? gay texan Dec 26 #8

They don't Trenzalore Dec 26 #11

he's a f*ing conman who got rich by pretending to know something about science and running a pump and dump scheme ProfessorPlum Dec 26 #9

They don't even have cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore lol Trenzalore Dec 26 #10

Saturday morning cartoon blocks have disappeared since '10, I think sakabatou Dec 27 #32

Please ask "Prof" Vivek what he thinks of half oasis Dec 26 #12

He's about a generation out of date Maeve Dec 26 #13

I think the death of the mall is happening right now. Very slowly. StevieM Dec 27 #27

Columbus was once a city of malls; let me tell you the history as I've seen it the past 50+ years Maeve Dec 27 #36

It would be nice if they could be refurbished to homeless or low cost housing. travelingthrulife Dec 27 #48

This year 2 Chicago area malls closed, boonecreek Dec 27 #53

Covid and vulture capitalism took their tolls, as well Maeve Dec 27 #55

Sadly, you're right. boonecreek Dec 27 #57

I grew up about a mile from Northern Lights. Boomerproud Dec 27 #56

I worked at Norther Lights Penney's in college (late '70's) Maeve Dec 27 #61

I grew up on Gerbert Rd between Oakland Park and EN Broadway. Boomerproud Dec 27 #63

Dayton still has one Lazarus True Blue American Dec 27 #59

There is a great book called "Look to Lazarus" about the store Maeve Dec 27 #62

Originally Rike Kumler True Blue American Saturday #70

Because Dem4life1234 Dec 26 #14

Why the desire to deport immigrants mzmolly Dec 26 #17

A culture that defunds education will not produce the best engineers Babajida Dec 26 #18

There is a reason why he is called "Rama Lama Ding Dong." valleyrogue Dec 26 #19

Yes, the culture values brawn over brains The Madcap Dec 26 #20

Vivek leaves out the big difference Mz Pip Dec 26 #21

He should ask his work wife kacekwl Dec 27 #23

Yeah, that is why he does not want Chinese EVs to zorbasd Dec 27 #28

YEP !!! WSJ - "IT Unemployment Hits 6% Amid Overall U.S. Jobs Growth" uponit7771 Dec 27 #42

A lot of those things apply to the Republican party and they call liberals elitist JI7 Dec 27 #22

He thinks the characters in Whiplash were admirable? Bahahahaha Oneironaut Dec 27 #24

It's the K-12 educational system that sucks iemanja Dec 27 #25

This came up because Elon Musk wants more H1B and other foreign workers for his businesses JI7 Dec 27 #26

This is the same false narrative from the mid 1980's Bread and Circuses Dec 27 #29

EXACTLY !!! WSJ - "IT Unemployment Hits 6% Amid Overall U.S. Jobs Growth" uponit7771 Dec 27 #46

THANK YOU - it is and always has been a LIE so businesses could get RandomNumbers Dec 27 #68

Extra Curriculars JustAnotherGen Dec 27 #30

All these G.O.P. billionaires piss on America and Americans BoRaGard Dec 27 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 27 #33

He is one of the idle rich. Watches too much TV. do something real, Vivek Walleye Dec 27 #34

Doesn't Vivek work for a boorish, vain, dimwitted high school jock bully? Blue_Tires Dec 27 #35

This asshole hates MAGA idiots and regular Americans LetMyPeopleVote Dec 27 #37

The dumb base Dem4life1234 Dec 27 #44

So I've often wondered how Screach would tackle the Calculus Exam I would take. Norbert Dec 27 #38

NAZI Slavedriver Kid Berwyn Dec 27 #39

Ramaswamy's c-word is COST. He doesn't want to hire Americans and pay American wages dalton99a Dec 27 #40

***ELON IS GOING IN ON AMERICA TOO !!!*** uponit7771 Dec 27 #41

They are all selfish! Dem4life1234 Dec 27 #43

That is a good way to put it. Very simple sentence that makes their travelingthrulife Dec 27 #50

Guy made all his money scamming people Johonny Dec 27 #45

+1. Vivek Ramaswamy Is a Fraud -- and Always Has Been (Newsweek): dalton99a Dec 27 #49

He set his mother up as "a business" who promoted a drug that had shown great promise in ... Botany Dec 27 #51

Telling lies. DiverDave Dec 27 #47

EXACTLY !!! WSJ - "IT Unemployment Hits 6% Amid Overall U.S. Jobs Growth" uponit7771 Dec 27 #52

Saturday morning cartoons? TrunKated Dec 27 #54

This will be a fun fight to watch LetMyPeopleVote Dec 27 #58

In the capitalist mind set they suck because they don't work for $1 per hour or less. n/t Jacson6 Dec 27 #64

Musk thinks American workers are too stupid to work for him LetMyPeopleVote Dec 27 #66