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"What if, instead of bowing to corporate greed which cares not a bit for our country or our people, we actually invested in our own population and trained them
by pmoriarty 6y ago
"What if, instead of bowing to corporate greed which cares not a bit for our country or our people, we actually invested in our own population and trained them to do the jobs H1-B workers currently do."
Who's this "our people" you're talking about?
As a US citizen, I consider every person in the world as part of my people, and I don't begrudge any individual coming and working or training in the US.
The more people, from whichever country, have access to good education and good jobs, the better.
Good education and jobs should not be reserved for people who happen to live or be born in a particular place, be descended from particular people, nor just those who managed to get certain bureaucratic paperwork.
- KingTen 6y agoOh you’re one of those open borders people. It’s idealistic but unfeasible now. Countries need to take care of their own people first and foremost.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoOh you're one of those closed borders people. I don't think we should discriminate against people because of something they were born with. Just as we don't discriminate against people because of their skin color, I don't think we should discriminate because of their ancestry or place of birth either.
- KingTen 6y agoThere’s plenty of people living in poverty in America, along with the multitude of other major problems right now. I’m not a closed border person, we need immigrants. But we don’t have the resources to help every single person who wants to come here. It’s not discrimination, that’s a terrible argument. It’s a government helping its people.
- WanderPanda 6y agoThis the opposite of what I believe has made the us great. Look at all the Elon Musks. High skilled immigration can never harm your country. It can give competition to some people who feel entitled to their high salary, though.
- KingTen 6y agoI def agree that highly skilled immigrants are important to America. I disagree wholeheartedly with the concept of open borders though. It’s too idealistic and in practice would cripple America.
- hcurtiss 6y agoAll else being equal, I think most people prioritize their own country and countrymen over others', and would not sacrifice their own countrymen to benefit others'. You may not share this view, but I think most people do. Most people consider themselves a part of a national team, and they feel some loyalty to their teammates.
- conanbatt 6y agoThat doesn't explain having imports of any kind.
- KingTen 6y agoFree trade reduces costs for people. I’d agree that things have gotten more complicated than that though in the transition to a service based economy.
- conanbatt 6y agoWhat's the difference between working on the hardware of a computer or the software that it makes sense to have one outside of the US and another one inside?
- gorbachev15 6y agoBut we're not talking about your decision or his, we're talking about the decision made by the government whose literal job description is to make rules for this country alone!
- tallon 6y agoYou can take the high approach and give up your job for someone else, then. Are you going to welcome strangers into your family and your home as well? Resources are limited, that is a fact. If you've never experienced that, consider yourself very lucky and privileged, and work to deserve that good fortune and privilege.
- retortio 6y agoPretend you're a politician and go tell some poor US kids or young professionals that. Ideally we are all together in the human family, but practically a Democratic country's citizens are the ones who set policy with their votes. A country's policies therefore will tend to align with what's best for its people.