[fncypants]

And what happens when they're successful even in part and we dump a lot of unemployed workers all at once into the job market in the private sector? Measured and calculated reform is one things. Smashing things without addressing what happens next is just kindergarten level stupidity.

But then again, maybe crashing the job market with masses of unemployed, which will drive down wages and labor bargaining power, is exactly their strategy.

[6stringmerc]

Very good perspective and I’m genuinely curious how this - in time - may interact with the H1B / skilled worker Visa programs in the US. For all the discussions about re-training for workforce needs, I see a genuinely human conflict perhaps around the corner.