On 1) they refused to "give up" when it was blocked by the Obama administration. It was a dumb idea then and it's even dumber now. That's on the company, not th

On 1) they refused to "give up" when it was blocked by the Obama administration. It was a dumb idea then and it's even dumber now. That's on the company, not the administration. On 2) agreed, except we're working through a 1-in-100 year pandemic with idiots denying reality on one "side" of the debate about rules. The science advances, so that the advice changes, but it hasn't changed much. Get vaccinated, wear a mask, socially distance, wash your hands. On 3) student debt is the dumbest own goal in US history. Provide funding for college, but do it as a loan, charge exorbitant interest rates and perverse incentives for colleges to charge more. The Federal government could start by reducing the interest rate to zero. Then reduce outstanding balances by a fixed percentage per year. People would redirect their available money into housing and consumables instead of paying back stupid loans. On 4) the US immigration bureaucracy has been stupid for years. When I was doing some work in the US back in 99/00, we were on 90 day business visas. Each time we applied, it took more than 90 days to get approval. The last time, I received a letter saying that it would be a year before they would approve the visa. I received the letter 6 months after I had left the US.