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I wonder how many of the negative commenters on this thread are either citizens or permanent residents. I don't see why a techie who is not yet a citizen or per
by dude_abides 13y ago
I wonder how many of the negative commenters on this thread are either citizens or permanent residents. I don't see why a techie who is not yet a citizen or permanent resident of US, and wants to be one, would be so negative about this proposal.
At worst this can lead to a few lucky immigrant founders who get free visas, but at best, this can do a lot of good to the country in terms of creating new jobs, and to the startup ecosystem (and to YC -- so what!).
- falsestprophet 13y agoMercifully, foreigners don't elect our legislators.
- pm24601 13y agoThanks to Citizen United that allows corporations ( "corporations are people, too, my friend" - Mitt Romney) Yes foreigners can influence our politics
- rachellaw 13y agoI'm an international student on OPT doing startup, but the proposal still makes me uneasy. There's already too much of business interests lobbying in politics and I've seen that happen in my home country -- what starts off as a seemingly good idea, becomes legalized corruption.