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There’s an unbelievable opportunity for other countries to pick up world class U.S researchers. The next four years all countries need to do is offer the resea
by andrewstuart 2y ago
There’s an unbelievable opportunity for other countries to pick up world class U.S researchers.
The next four years all countries need to do is offer the research funding and citizenship and university positions and entirely new industries and centers of knowledge could be created.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoWould it be possible for the U.S. to clamp down on emigration too? Maybe threaten high tariffs against countries that take in U.S. citizens.
- pjc50 2y agoThat would be truly exceptional, but: the US already is the only country that makes its citizens pay taxes when they're not resident at all. (Lots will make you pay taxes if you're partially resident) They could quite easily take out anti-dual-taxation agreements and try to make US overseas nationals pay two sets of tax. The existing regulations giving the US global jurisdiction over KYC/AML for Americans can also make it hard for Americans to get bank accounts overseas; that could easily be escalated.
- andrewstuart 2y agoWhy would they want to?
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoDoes "they" mean the concerned citizens or the U.S. administration? The administration would likely want to prevent talent from escaping to a more enlightened country. Talented citizens may want to emigrate if they believe that they will be persecuted because of their skin colour or gender etc.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoI can only dream of the EU snatching top talent from the US and kick starting a competetive European tech sector. Cloud computing, AI etc. Now would be a great time to take the initiative.
- galfarragem 2y agoYou romanticize the EU. There are insurmountable problems specially in the "old" EU members.
- muddi900 2y agoChief being that the EU is not a nation state. Nations within the EU have their own interests that conflict
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoThat's part of the dream. Member states getting their shit together and push for mutual progress. This would of course fuel the nationalist opposition and cause it to crash, but one can always dream.
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> I can only dream of the EU snatching top talent from the US This top talent will not be satisfied with the common salaries in many EU countries. Also, it will be unsatisfied that Ireland and Malta are the only EU countries where English is an official language, and in none of them English is the only official language.