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Why should people from less populous countries get special treatment? Treat everyone equally, set a quota for work visas every year and auction them all. If you
by barry-cotter 8y ago
Why should people from less populous countries get special treatment? Treat everyone equally, set a quota for work visas every year and auction them all. If you make it ten years, paying tax the whole time you can get a Greek card. People are individuals, not representatives of their groups.
- matz1 8y agoDiversity
- mavelikara 8y agoThe only diversity I see being achieved due to the per-country limit is the diversity of passports. India, with it's many cultures and languages, is quite diverse. For example, see this thread here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16538881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16538881
- matz1 8y agoYes, diversity at least in country of origin or as you might say passport.
- mavelikara 8y agoFor skilled immigrants, why does it matter what passport they hold? I can understand the argument for and benefits of diversity of thought, of culture etc. But why passports? It makes as much sense as trying to insist that there must be equal number of right-handed, left-handed, and ambidextrous skilled immigrants.
- matz1 8y agoThere might as well be a preference for right-handed preference, if someone can convince enough people for it to be the law. As of current, that is what the congress prefer. They made the law. Indirectly it was the american public preference because it is the representative of american people.
- mavelikara 8y agoYes, that is what the current law states. The GPs question was why it was so. What did you mean to add to the discussion when you originally replied, "Diversity"?
- matz1 8y agoAs I replied, diversity in term of country of origin. If you then asking why is this is the case. Its because its simply the current preference of american public.
- mavelikara 8y ago> Its because its simply the current preference of american public. Yes, that much is obvious. The question, if it was not clear, was an attempt to understand why this is the preference. Note: This thread is already gone much pedantic IMO, but I give you the benefit of doubt that it is some miscommunication in language. If your point is "it is the way it is, and no explanation is owed to anyone", I will withdraw from the discussion because we don't have much to discuss.
- matz1 8y agoIn the end, it maybe the case. Why people prefer x ? They just like it.
- SkyBelow 8y agoSeems similar to the concept of total population per capita representation instead of pipeline per capital representation in hiring goals.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoWhy should big states get the same number of senators as small states? Equality in all things leads to inequality through structural imbalances.
- jandrese 8y agoYou are just trading one inequality for another. I guess the argument for the current system is that it makes the process reasonable for people from small countries. If it were all one giant pool then the process would be an unworkable nightmare for everybody instead of just people in highly populated countries.