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> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outside the United States. I don't think the people that talk about restricting immigration care about the number of billion dollar companies that immigrants create
> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outside the United States. I don't think the people that talk about restricting immigration care about the number of billion dollar companies that immigrants create
Most people don’t want to compete with the global 1% - to import students from the Stanford of every country. Having policies your own population fails to thrive under does nothing but stoke division.
This is just ammo for the anti-immigration people, and they’re already at the “elect Trump, turn ICE into a military” point. How tone deaf do you have to be to see this as a positive thing?
> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outside the United States. I don't think the people that talk about restricting immigration care about the number of billion dollar companies that immigrants create
Foreign born people who come from generational wealth can and do exploit'disadvantaged' business enterprises (DBE, MOBE, etc.) I am not tech field but AEC and the amount of businesses that exploit this is insane. It was created for blacks mostly, but used almost exclusively by Indians.
Counterpoint - this just indicates how screwed up things are. If you’re saying this as a positive thing, it isn’t. Most people don’t want to compete with the global 1% - to import students from the Stanford of every country. Having policies your own population fails to thrive under does nothing but stoke division. This is just ammo for the anti-immigration people, and they’re already at the “elect Trump, turn ICE int…
Counterpoint - this just indicates how screwed up things are. If you’re saying this as a positive thing, it isn’t. Most people don’t want to compete with the global 1% - to import students from the Stanford of every country. Having policies your own population fails to thrive under does nothing but stoke division. This is just ammo for the anti-immigration people, and they’re already at the “elect Trump, turn ICE int…
It is a positive thing. What do you think keeps the stock market pumping if not the acquisitions of smaller firms by large firms? Even if they're not acquired, their existence itself adds to the total market cap.