Looks like the Congress Critters are trying to fix their legislative miscues with, you guessed it, more legislation.
Sen. Max Baucus (Dem from MT) wants to offer free college tuition for US math, science, and engineering majors conditional upon working or teaching in the field for at least four years. This of course is pointed a the problem created by the H1B bills. Originally created to "Solve a perceived shortage of Information Technology Professionals", the bills have accidentally devastated the math, science and engineering education programs across the country. H1B legislative by bringing in thousands of technical professionals from overseas has greatly depressed the growth rate of technical industry salaries which has resulted in fewer and fewer students choosing to go into these highly challenging fields.
Sure, free college tuition may increase the number of students entering the fields but until Congress wakes up and stops meddling with the free enterprise system by bringing in foreign technologists, I doubt they will find a permanent fix for the problem. In other words, If you want more US. math, science and engineering majors quit artificially lowering their value by bringing in foreign workers.
For more on this topic check out Billings Gazette's: Baucus proposing free tuition and Slashdot's: Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering?
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