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There's pretty near unanimous support among people who care about the issue at all. pg, this is absolutely false. Maybe you haven't been reading all of the rec
by runningriot 17y ago
There's pretty near unanimous support among people who care about the issue at all.
pg, this is absolutely false. Maybe you haven't been reading all of the recent HN threads on this issue, but the highest-rated comments tend to oppose founder's visas.
what difference would it make if another few thousand (mostly smart) immigrants were allowed to come to the US?
Multiple people have pointed out that a founder's visa program would have larger ramifications, and you've replied to at least one of them so you must have seen answers to this question.
- pg 17y agoIncidentally, why do you keep creating new accounts?
- runningriot 17y agoI don't. My colleagues post on HN and we probably have the same external IP address. If you don't believe me, I will stop posting if you just ask. However, I don't see why you need to assume my guilt. I wonder if you still would have done that if I'd agreed with you earlier instead of disagreeing.
- pg 17y agoI was actually just curious. Usually when people create new accounts, it's because they want to say something they don't want associated with their main account. A few others do it to vote up their own comments. But neither seemed to be the case here. The reason I thought you weren't a new user was that you used HN's idiosyncratic markdown subset on your first comment. That's very rare. But if you say you're different people, I'll take your word for it.
- runningriot 17y agoI see. Yes, I've been familiar with HN for a long time, partly because I've seen so many people post here.
- netsp 17y agoThere is widespread support for the idea of allowing founders to immigrate. There is scepticism that this can be executed in a way that is a net gain. Some people are sceptical at a practical level and others at a theoretical one.
- jhancock 17y agothanks. I think that sums it up very nicely.