Tom Tiffany Is Right As He Exposes A Self Fulfilling Prophecy

Rep. Tom Tiffany targets visa program exception that UW uses to hire for hard-to-fill jobs

Wisconsin Republican US Representative Tom Tiffany is right...the UW system is having issues filling high level faculty positions because of a shortage of qualified American candidates. And he is blaming the educational systems in the state of Wisconsin and the nation for doing a poor job in educating our youth. 

Probably all true...but guess who the culprits are. Not Wisconsin's public school system and not the University of Wisconsin system. It is Tom Tiffany who, when a state legislator, joining the anti-education GOP cabal in Madison, intentionally underfunded education in Wisconsin at all levels. If education here is falling behind, it is Tom Tiffany's fault. 

details from the link:

[The Republican congressman representing northwestern Wisconsin introduced a bill in Congress to end an exception in the H-1B visa program that allows universities to hire an unlimited number of specialized workers from other countries.

Local immigration attorneys said universities generally hire H-1B workers as a last resort for specialized jobs they are unable to fill with U.S. workers.

To Tiffany, though, universities feeling forced to look overseas for qualified applicants is a red flag for higher education as a whole.

"If we have to go to other countries to get the best and brightest, that is a real indictment of our educational system, both here in Wisconsin and in America," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.]

Step up Tom and send us some dollars...before you run for governor.