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I don't know how many Asian immigrants you've worked with, but the vast majority in my experience were well-heeled in their home country. Granted, their standar
by spamizbad 14y ago
I don't know how many Asian immigrants you've worked with, but the vast majority in my experience were well-heeled in their home country. Granted, their standard of living wasn't always on par with the American Middle class, but it was hardly poverty. Heck, one of my colleagues even had his own private driver back in India.
I am a startup visa supporter but I have no delusions that in many cases it will be giving the privileged more privilege. It's goal is to spurn innovation in the US and make us richer - it's NOT a force in global equalization.
- yummyfajitas 14y agoI don't know how many Asian immigrants you've worked with, but the vast majority in my experience were well-heeled in their home country. My last job was in India, so I know a bit about it. The living conditions of the "middle class" in India are generally well below that of the poor in the US. Upper class lawyers and executives in Bandra and Colaba (richer areas of Mumbai) were little better off than people in housing projects in the US. The very richest people were able to afford luxuries like 23/7 (undrinkable) water, electricity, or maybe even a car. In contrast, about 70% of the US poor have a car and nearly all have water+power. But you are right that those who could afford a car could also afford a driver. The bulk of immigrant software engineers might have been rich by Indian standards. But they were very likely poor by US standards. This graph makes the point well: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/the-haves-and-the-have-nots/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/the-haves-and-t... The top 5'th percentile in India is poorer than the bottom 5'th percentile in the US.