You are being fiscally dismantled.Your taxes fund your own replacement.The Rigged Game:>You (American Citizen): Pay 7.65% FICA on every dollar.>Them (STEM OPT Visa Holder): Pay 0% FICA for up to 3 years of full-time work.The Math of Theft:>Salary American Take-Home OPT Worker Take-Home 3-Year Advantage>$200,000 $200k - $13,818 = $186,182 $200k - $0 = $200,000 $41,454 (A 20% down payment)>$80,000 $80k - $6,120 = $73,880 $80k - $0 = $80,000 $18,360 (A new car. Your debt freedom.)The Scale:100 foreign workers = $4.1 MILLION in tax-advantaged buying power. This is why you get outbid on starter homes. It's not an accident; it's a state-sponsored financial assault.The "Legal" Invasion:>"Illegals" = DISTRACTION (They take service jobs).>"Legals" on STEM OPT = REPLACEMENT (They take your career, salary band, and home with a taxpayer-funded head start).How do we stop a system designed for us to lose?
>>525919099THEY BRAG ABOUT THE LOOPHOLE:Your mandatory taxes are their optional nuisance. This is the real conversation.https://www.teamblind.com/post/got-h1b-in-first-year-skip-applying-to-avoid-fica-p3w52rnv
>>525919142THE MINDSET:Foreign workers don't want a level field. They demand a RAISE to offset finally paying into the system like you.They see finally paying FICA as a new cost their employer should cover. Your sacrifice is their grievance.https://www.reddit.com/r/h1b/comments/1cmqwc0/salary_increase_because_fica_taxes/
>>525919193TO THE "BUT THEY DON'T GET BENEFITS" SHILLS:This isn't about Social Security. It's about massive, immediate take-home pay advantage in a hyper-competitive housing market.They live here, use our infrastructure, and outbid us with the extra 7.65% we're forced to pay. "Fairness" is a lie. This is financial warfare.
>>525919233>The Foreign Worker ‘Loophole’ That Gives Corporations a Generous Tax Break>http://archive.today/2025.10.27-184922/https://www.newsweek.com/student-visas-stem-opt-jobs-immigration-tax-loophole-2117914>The FICA exemption for F-1 OPT students (including many Indian STEM grads) means neither they nor employers pay the 15.3% payroll tax (split 7.65% each) for up to 5 years>https://xcancel.com/grok/status/1957873276153393307
>>525919349bump
Great thread but mutts don't care, too many words
>>525921568NO U
>>525921568Die Eglin faggot
