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Do US Citizens deserve a job more than a non-citizen? The original article stated that the prof. didn't understand why american politicians were trying to get m
by skylan_q 11y ago
Do US Citizens deserve a job more than a non-citizen?
The original article stated that the prof. didn't understand why american politicians were trying to get more STEM-educated/skilled people into the US.
1) Rubio is bought by Microsoft. They're his biggest donor. (or 2nd biggest depending on how you dice the numbers) MS' profit margins would benefit from driving wages down.
2) The job of the politicians of the United States is to make life better for American citizens, not people abroad.
- davidw 11y agoImporting highly skilled, hard working people most certainly does make our lives better.
- SudoNhim 11y agoIt goes both ways though. I feel pretty terrible about finishing my government sponsored education in New Zealand then ditching for better prospects here in the US. Where the size of the tech sector is limited by the number of engineers, every engineer lost to an H1B is lost exports, lost jobs, lost taxes....
- davidw 11y agoPlenty of people go off to work somewhere else and then return home with a pile of money and skills. So it's not like you get on a boat, never to see home again. The economies of some countries (poorer ones) benefit greatly from remittances.