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It's true that if the government implemented such a program, they'd probably do a bad job. But they couldn't do worse than they're doing now, which is to turn
by pg 17y ago
It's true that if the government implemented such a program, they'd probably do a bad job. But they couldn't do worse than they're doing now, which is to turn people away at the borders.
If the strongest argument you can make against a proposed government policy is one that you could make against any government policy, then it's pretty good, as proposals for government policies go.
I agree that by default the government does things badly, and that the government ought therefore to do as little as possible. But immigration policy is an area where they're already acting, and going to continue to act. So it's reasonable to propose ways to act more intelligently.
- tptacek 17y agobokonist even concedes that your proposal could be beneficial in the short term. It's what it does in the medium-long term that concerns him. So, I think the Founders Visa is bad policy. You asked, there's my response. That aside, I'm with sachinag. This issue is a red herring. If we want to foster startups in the US, we should start by addressing barriers that face US citizens: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=832480 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=832480
- runningriot 17y agoIt's true that if the government implemented such a program, they'd probably do a bad job. But they couldn't do worse than they're doing now, which is to turn people away at the borders. pg, you already said basically the same thing in the thread tptacek linked to: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557340 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557340 A response follows in that thread.