How Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Intel—With Their Outsourcing Allies and U.S. Government Enablers—Are Waging War on U.S. Workers

In the shadow of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)—a trillion-dollar giveaway to corporations—these five tech behemoths have exposed their true colors: anti-American Worker profiteers who prioritize shareholders, cheap foreign labor, and offshore havens over the very workers who built their empires. Amazon, Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, and Intel have collectively handed $750 billion back to investors through stock buybacks and dividends since 2018, while displacing nearly 200,000 American jobs via ruthless layoffs, H-1B visa exploitation, and offshoring schemes. But they don’t act alone: A cabal of outsourcing allies, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, and HCL Technologies, amplifies the betrayal, supplying underpaid H-1B workers and facilitating job exports to India and beyond. Worse, the U.S. government continues to feed this beast, approving tens of thousands of H-1B visas in FY 2025 alone—despite fraud scandals, worker displacement, and reforms like $100,000 fees—enabling the cycle of greed at taxpayers’ expense. As of December 7, 2025, with fresh data from USCIS and corporate reports, the evidence is damning: These companies aren’t innovating for America—they’re gutting it. Let’s name and shame them, metric by metric, and demand accountability before they erode the middle class entirely.

The Grand Betrayal: Numbers That Don’t Lie

Post-TCJA, these firms promised job booms and wage hikes. Instead, they’ve engineered a labor apocalypse. Grand totals across the five:

• Stock Buybacks and Dividends Since 2018: $750 billion—enough to give every laid-off worker a $5.6 million severance, but funneled to executives and Wall Street instead.
• H-1B Visa Approvals in FY 2025 Alone: 39,799—dominated by Amazon (19,176), Meta (6,295), Microsoft (6,257), Google (5,559), and Intel (2,512)—often replacing Americans with lower-paid foreign talent amid claims of “talent shortages.”
• U.S. Layoffs from 2022–2025: 133,000—peaking in 2025 with waves at Amazon (10,000+), Microsoft (9,000+), and Intel (5,000+), all while profits soared.
• Offshoring Job Losses Post-2017: 62,000—shipping roles to India, Ireland, and beyond, exploiting TCJA loopholes like the 10.5% GILTI rate to dodge U.S. taxes.

This isn’t “efficiency” or “AI innovation” as claimed—it’s a calculated assault on American livelihoods, subsidized by taxpayers. As one X post from ABC News highlighted, recent layoffs at Amazon and others stoke fears of a broader economic chill, yet these firms blame everything but their greed. Economists warn it’s no coincidence: Prosperous industries are shedding jobs to boost margins, not because of necessity.

Amazon: The E-Commerce Emperor Stripping America Bare

Led by CEO Andy Jassy, Amazon tops the anti-American leaderboard. Since 2018, it’s repurchased $50 billion in stock—part of the $750 billion haul—while claiming AI “efficiencies” for 55,000 U.S. layoffs from 2022–2025, including 14,000 in 2025 alone. Yet, in FY 2025, it snagged 19,176 H-1B approvals, the most of any company, often for roles identical to those axed. Offshoring? Amazon shifted 27,000 jobs abroad since 2022, outsourcing to India while dodging scrutiny. Allies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro handle the dirty work, supplying H-1B labor for AWS and logistics, while the U.S. government rubber-stamps visas despite fraud probes. This isn’t building the future—it’s dismantling American warehouses and tech hubs in favor of cheaper alternatives. As The Tennessee Holler noted on X, Amazon blames AI for cuts but pockets tax breaks to fuel job-killers.

Meta Platforms: Zuckerberg’s Virtual Empire, Real American Pain

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has funneled over $150 billion into buybacks since 2018, including $40 billion in 2024–2025, while executives like CFO Susan Li oversee a workforce purge: 21,000 U.S. layoffs since 2022, with 3,600 more in 2025. FY 2025 saw 6,295 H-1B approvals—second only to Amazon—amid AI investments that “require” foreign talent, even as U.S. engineers are shown the door. Offshoring to Ireland has siphoned 5,000+ jobs, leveraging TCJA perks to stash profits abroad. Partners Cognizant and HCL provide the visa pipeline, underpaying workers while the government approves thousands more H-1Bs despite 2025’s scandals. Meta’s metaverse dreams? Built on the backs of discarded American families. Reuters reports lawmakers grilling Meta over this hypocrisy, as AI “investments” mask worker betrayal.

Alphabet (Google): Searching for Profits, Not Patriotism

Under Sundar Pichai and CFO Anat Ashkenazi, Google has burned through $250 billion in buybacks since 2018, slashing its share count by 9% while laying off 12,000 Americans since 2022. In FY 2025, it approved 5,559 H-1Bs, filling “gaps” created by its own cuts. Offshoring to Ireland and beyond has displaced 10,000 jobs since 2017, with profit shifting barely dented by TCJA reforms. Infosys and Cognizant bolster this with bulk H-1B filings, while USCIS keeps approving despite low denial rates (2.8%). Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” motto? Long forgotten in the quest for global cheap labor. As Nikkei reported on X, Trump’s H-1B fees hit Google hard, but not hard enough to stop the abuse.

Microsoft: Gates’ Legacy Turned Globalist Grift

Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood have orchestrated $200 billion in buybacks since 2018, including $18.4 billion in FY 2025, while axing 25,000 U.S. jobs from 2022–2025—9,000 this year alone. FY 2025 H-1B approvals: 6,257, often for AI roles amid “restructuring.” Offshoring to India and China has offloaded 15,000 jobs, expanding foreign ops while U.S. divisions shrink. TCS and Wipro feed this with cheap contractors, as the government sustains approvals amid a 27% drop in registrations, but no complete halt. Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs in 2025, as IGN blasted on X, included shutting studios like The Initiative—pure anti-worker profiteering.

Intel: Chipmaking Traitor in Chief

With CEO Lip-Bu Tan and CFO David Zinsner at the helm, Intel has spent $100 billion on buybacks since 2018, while laying off 20,000 Americans from 2022 to 2025, including 5,000 in 2025. H-1B approvals: 2,512 in FY 2025, replacing “quasi-skilled” U.S. experts with cheaper imports. Offshoring has shipped 5,000 jobs abroad since 2017, wrecking domestic factories. Allies like Infosys and HCL enable this through staffing fraud, while USCIS approvals flow despite targeted pauses in other categories. As an X user fumed, Intel’s H-1B obsession has “wrecked their company,” prioritizing cost over quality.

The Outsourcing Allies: Co-Conspirators in the Hollowing Out of America

These Big Five don’t execute their betrayal solo—they lean on a network of Indian outsourcing giants that dominate H-1B approvals and offshoring. TCS (8,500 FY 2025 visas), Infosys (7,200), Cognizant (6,800), Wipro (5,100), and HCL (4,200) form the backbone, capturing over 11,600 approvals while underpaying workers 20-36% below U.S. rates and gaming the lottery with bulk entries. TCS handles Microsoft’s cloud and Amazon’s AWS; Infosys migrates Google’s infra; Cognizant staffs Meta’s HR—all while shipping jobs abroad at a 1:1 ratio post-layoffs, per Wharton studies. Fines for fraud ($34 million for Infosys in 2024, $95 million for Cognizant in 2023) haven’t deterred them, as they resell labor in a “fissured” model that lets Big Tech dodge accountability. This alliance has turned the H-1B program into a cheap-labor pipeline, suppressing STEM wages and sidelining U.S. graduates.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The Lobbying Hub Hyping Job Promises While Enabling Betrayal

At the heart of this corporate deceit lies the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC), the nation’s largest business advocacy group and a pivotal lobbying hub for Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Intel. With these firms as major funders and board influencers, the Chamber spent over $70 million on federal lobbying in 2023 alone, coordinating its efforts to secure the TCJA and fend off reforms. In 2017, it led a $300 million ad blitz promising “booming job creation and wage growth,” echoing White House projections of $4,000 annual household boosts and millions of new jobs from the corporate rate cut. USCC President and CEO Suzanne Clark hailed the TCJA in her 2025 State of American Business address: “After Congress passed the landmark Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, American businesses got to work. Literally, they hired, boosted wages, expanded operations, innovated, and invested. They grew the economy, improved living standards, and strengthened communities across America.” The Chamber’s “Growing America’s Future” campaign for TCJA extensions reiterated: “Competitive, pro-growth tax policy is essential to grow the economy, raise wages for workers, and improve the standard of living for all Americans,” vowing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would “boost economic growth across America, create more job opportunities and put bigger paychecks in the hands of workers nationwide.”

Yet, these lofty claims—made on behalf of its tech giants—crumbled into hypocrisy. While the Chamber funneled Amazon’s and Google’s resources into defending the 21% rate and opposing antitrust, these same members prioritized $750 billion in buybacks over promised investments, leading to 133,000 layoffs and 62,000 offshored jobs. The USCC’s rhetoric masked the reality: a tax code that enriched shareholders while American workers bore the brunt, turning job “booms” into busts.

The Government’s Role: Feeding the Beast with Endless Visas

Compounding the outrage, the U.S. government—via USCIS—continues approving visas unabated, even amid 2025’s fraud revelations (80-90% alleged in some Indian applications) and worker outcry. No universal halt exists: FY 2025 saw over 400,000 H-1B approvals (mostly renewals), with the 85,000 cap for FY 2026 exhausted early but processing ongoing. Reforms like beneficiary-centric lotteries (27% drop in registrations) and $100,000 fees target abuse, but denial rates hover at 2.8%, and exemptions keep the floodgates open. A December 3, 2025, pause on immigrant apps from 19 non-European countries (e.g., India, China) affects green cards but spares H-1Bs, allowing the betrayal to persist. Lawmakers probe, yet approvals feed the machine—subsidizing displacement with taxpayer dollars.

Reforming the TCJA: Performance-Based Taxation to Punish Anti-Worker Actions

The TCJA’s failures demand a radical overhaul: Implement performance-based corporate tax rates that penalize clear anti-American worker behaviors. Companies like these, which hoarded tax savings for shareholder enrichment without delivering broad wage hikes (real median wages rose just 1.2% in 2018 despite $806 billion in S&P 500 buybacks), should see their rates rolled back to the pre-TCJA 35%. For those taking it further—displacing U.S. workers with H-1B hires or offshoring labor forces—escalate penalties to 40% or higher, tied to annual IRS audits of wage data, buyback ratios, visa usage, and relocation metrics. This isn’t radical; it’s accountability, ensuring tax policy rewards firms that invest in American jobs, not export them. Emerging proposals like the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act and the Treasury’s 2025 Green Book already point the way by reversing loopholes that accelerated job offshoring.

Supporting Displaced Workers: Restorative Measures for Those Harmed

Beyond tax reforms, justice requires direct support for the 195,000 affected workers who’ve lost livelihoods to this corporate-government nexus. Mandate compensation funds from offending firms—calculated as a percentage of their TCJA windfalls (e.g., 10% of buyback totals)—to provide severance equivalents, retraining stipends, and relocation assistance for displaced families. These could include extended unemployment benefits tied to visa-related layoffs, priority hiring mandates for U.S. citizens in STEM fields, and legal aid trusts to pursue wage theft claims against outsourcers. Such measures would restore economic security, fund community revitalization in hard-hit tech hubs like Seattle and Silicon Valley, and deter future abuses—turning the tables on greed by providing tangible aid to those who’ve paid the price.

A Call to Arms: Reclaim America from Corporate Predators

These anti-American corporations—Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Intel—and their outsourcing allies have turned TCJA windfalls into weapons against U.S. workers, displacing 195,000 souls while importing 39,799 replacements and offshoring 62,000 jobs. Amid 2025’s fraud scandals and Trump’s H-1B crackdowns, it’s time for action: Roll back tax rates to 35%+ for offenders, ban H-1B for layoff firms, and claw back subsidies. Congress, enforce Project Firewall and more—before these traitors hollow out America entirely. The dream isn’t dead; it’s just been outsourced.