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Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by Retric »

nnfy wrote: post #107
meetri wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see a problem with this. Growing up poor and being an african american, if I wasn't a self taught software engineer, I would probably be in jail or dead with the rest of my siblings. Growing up poor and having to attend local schools are a complete utter joke in this country. Only thing they prepare us for is gangs and jail. Looks like a lot would have to be done for this to change. And given what's going in…

I'm sure you had it worse, but public schools in non poor areas are pretty shitty too, unless you are in honors/ap courses. And this problem with our schools existed long before trump, and not to sound conspiritorial, but the both GOP and neoliberals like Hillary both seem to have interests in keeping public schools underperforming. And it isn't a funding problem, either. We spend more per capita on education than mo…

That somewhat depends on what you consider education spending. We waste ridiculous amounts of money doing things only tangentially related to education.

Median teacher salary in the US public schools = $57,200. And 50.4 million students attend public elementary and secondary schools combine. Teacher student ratio is nominally 16.1 so ~3.5k* per student. However, the total spending per student is actually ~$12.7k core and 15.5k w/ indirect support.

This gap covers support staff, buildings, equipment, trips, testing, etc but most other school systems do that stuff for far less money. https://www.oecd.org/edu/EAG2014-Indicator%20B1%20(eng).pdf has PPP numbers for this stuff. But, it assumes each country is using the same metrics.

*Note that's just salary benefits get complicated to calculate.

Re: Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by UncleMeat »

muninn_ wrote: post #41
marcell wrote: post #15

From the article: "To qualify for the rule, entrepreneurs would have to meet high standards. A foreigner must demonstrate that he or she will contribute to economic growth or job creation and show that a reputable investor has put at least $250,000 into the company. Under this rule, they can stay in the U.S. for 30 months, with the possibility of a 30-month extension. They cannot apply for a green card during this pe…

> I'm 100% in favor of increasing all immigration to the USA Why? What's wrong with the current level?

The quotas are insane. It artificially hurts people from populous countries, making it basically impossible to immigrate to the US from india even if you are highly educated without H1B, which is itself a random system.

Re: Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by ThomPete »

pavlov wrote: post #102

I asked this very question on HN in November 2016: will the "startup visa" survive? Commenters thought that Trump wouldn't interfere with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12931943 This is a solid reminder that the Trump administration is showing itself to be mostly concerned with undoing anything that Obama did, rather than working for anyone's benefit. You can't apply logic to predict the actions of these pe…

Increasing salaries needed for H1B was long overdue, obama should have fixed that as one of the first things. Trump, like him or not is taking a hard look at many of these visas. Scrapping the founders visa is not a bad idea there are plenty of other opportuninties to get into the US.

Re: Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by matt_wulfeck »

elchief wrote: post #65
drspacemonkey wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's just trading one problem for another. Vancouver has a very serious affordability problem. Not only are you going to be paying a lot more for office and living space, you're going to have far fewer opportunities for funding.

Still cheaper than SF Here's an analysis of residential rental prices: http://quantitativerhetoric.com/monthly-rental-report-may-20...

Yes but at least the local economy in SF can support absurd housing prices. Unless you plan on making or paying much higher than average salaries in Vancouver it's going to be very different attracting talent there.

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Post by Sgt_Apone »

giarc wrote: post #117
nnfy wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do people seriously believe that presidential administrations are motivated by petty childishness? Do people really believe it to be possible that someone incompetent could make it as far as the presidency? There's far more going on that we are unaware of, be it malice or good intentions, thus it is absurd to believe that our leaders are man children. We are too far removed from primary sources to know the truth.

Trump handed Merkel a fake invoice for the amount of money Germany owed NATO. At what level of government is that a good idea?

That actually didn't happen. http://globalnews.ca/news/3340159/donald-trump-angela-merkel...

Re: Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by j2kun »

nnfy wrote: post #114
pavlov wrote: post #102

I asked this very question on HN in November 2016: will the "startup visa" survive? Commenters thought that Trump wouldn't interfere with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12931943 This is a solid reminder that the Trump administration is showing itself to be mostly concerned with undoing anything that Obama did, rather than working for anyone's benefit. You can't apply logic to predict the actions of these pe…

Why do people seriously believe that presidential administrations are motivated by petty childishness? Do people really believe it to be possible that someone incompetent could make it as far as the presidency? There's far more going on that we are unaware of, be it malice or good intentions, thus it is absurd to believe that our leaders are man children. We are too far removed from primary sources to know the truth.

When the president consistently acts childishly (with corroboration from his staff, videos of him pushing others aside for photo ops, and countless other shenanigans), does one rationally conclude he is childish, or that he is playing "10-dimensional chess?" (as his most zealous champions inevitably conclude)

A serious question: what would the president have to do, within reason, for you to consider him petty, childish, or incompetent?

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Post by cakedoggie »

Retric wrote: post #121
nnfy wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure you had it worse, but public schools in non poor areas are pretty shitty too, unless you are in honors/ap courses. And this problem with our schools existed long before trump, and not to sound conspiritorial, but the both GOP and neoliberals like Hillary both seem to have interests in keeping public schools underperforming. And it isn't a funding problem, either. We spend more per capita on education than mo…

That somewhat depends on what you consider education spending. We waste ridiculous amounts of money doing things only tangentially related to education. Median teacher salary in the US public schools = $57,200. And 50.4 million students attend public elementary and secondary schools combine. Teacher student ratio is nominally 16.1 so ~3.5k* per student. However, the total spending per student is actually ~$12.7k core…

What a strange comment. Of course the costs of an education don't just include the teachers salary.

Re: Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by mhh__ »

nnfy wrote: post #114
pavlov wrote: post #102

I asked this very question on HN in November 2016: will the "startup visa" survive? Commenters thought that Trump wouldn't interfere with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12931943 This is a solid reminder that the Trump administration is showing itself to be mostly concerned with undoing anything that Obama did, rather than working for anyone's benefit. You can't apply logic to predict the actions of these pe…

Why do people seriously believe that presidential administrations are motivated by petty childishness? Do people really believe it to be possible that someone incompetent could make it as far as the presidency? There's far more going on that we are unaware of, be it malice or good intentions, thus it is absurd to believe that our leaders are man children. We are too far removed from primary sources to know the truth.

Maybe he's not a man child, but what's his MO? His approval ratings are shite, so somethings not working

Re: Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule

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Post by taurath »

giarc wrote: post #115
pavlov wrote: post #102

I asked this very question on HN in November 2016: will the "startup visa" survive? Commenters thought that Trump wouldn't interfere with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12931943 This is a solid reminder that the Trump administration is showing itself to be mostly concerned with undoing anything that Obama did, rather than working for anyone's benefit. You can't apply logic to predict the actions of these pe…

I'm not an American but as an outsider it's so odd to see the anti-Obama stance this government is taking. Look at the US economy coming out of 2008. From my perspective it's done quite well. Unemployment has gone from 10% to 4%, GDP has climbed. S&P and US stocks in general have done exceptionally well. It seems like whatever Obama did was working. Do the Republicans think they can do better? Why not just ride their…

I'm pretty sure they honestly and truly believe that the economy is doing well /despite/ Democrat policies rather than because of it. That, or they believe that the financial crisis was just a blip and now this is the economy in its "natural state".

Regardless, whatever the problem is, their solution is always lowering taxes on corporations and rich people. Whether the economy is doing poorly or well, that is what they will propose.

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