This is definitely needed, but the government needs to take some ownership stake in companies that these funds are being distributed to. The financial success of the effort needs to be shared with the general public, not just used to make some billionaires richer.
America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
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Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#32Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#33To give an idea of how much content is in this bill, please see "Sec. 74029. Beverage containing coconut water." where duties on imports of beverages containing at least 10% coconut water are hereby free .
This is what lobbying in America _really_ looks like, sneaking in random shit into bills.
I'm sure the coconut water lobbying group (never thought I'd say that phrase) worked its ass off for this. Time to pop the coconut water flavoured champagne.
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#34Per [1], the House version contains important immigration provisions. 1) The bill would create a new category of non-immigrant visa called the W visa for owners (W-1) or essential employees (W-2) of start-up companies and their dependent family members (W-3). 2) The bill would exempt applicants holding a PhD in a STEM field from the annual per-country green card limits, enabling them to quickly apply for permanent re…
The United States should be offering permanent residency to practically everyone with a Ph.D.
If they get a Ph.D. in the US, I agree totally.
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
The United States should be offering permanent residency to practically everyone with a Ph.D.
That makes a lot of sense, I just hope that doesn't mean some countries don't start making PhD mills for schools to get around visa caps which seems like an obvious possible side effect
Unfortunately this is already the reality… I really hope there’s some other layer of checks on the quality of the degree or something.
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#36Per [1], the House version contains important immigration provisions. 1) The bill would create a new category of non-immigrant visa called the W visa for owners (W-1) or essential employees (W-2) of start-up companies and their dependent family members (W-3). 2) The bill would exempt applicants holding a PhD in a STEM field from the annual per-country green card limits, enabling them to quickly apply for permanent re…
The United States should be offering permanent residency to practically everyone with a Ph.D.
Maybe they could start with medical doctors before they start replacing Ph.D's in the STEM field. Just to be certain that it will work, you know.
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#37Per [1], the House version contains important immigration provisions. 1) The bill would create a new category of non-immigrant visa called the W visa for owners (W-1) or essential employees (W-2) of start-up companies and their dependent family members (W-3). 2) The bill would exempt applicants holding a PhD in a STEM field from the annual per-country green card limits, enabling them to quickly apply for permanent re…
These provisions were included in the House version [0] but not in the Senate version [1], so I'm not sure if they have actually passed. Not much Twitter activity on the W visa either.
[0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4521...
[1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4521...
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is the stupidest shit I've ever seen. Just flat rate everything and get rid of all the special exemptions and trash that just creates loopholes. If this results in a lot of things soon containing 11% coconut water, I might just snap.
Trade policy is explicitly to manipulate balances of imports and exports, that doesn't happen with flat rates. Some things you want to protect, some things are bargaining chips for concessions elsewhere. Of all the stupid shit in government, trade exceptions are far from the worst.
Many people might be skeptical of the premise that it's beneficial for the government to manipulate balances of imports and exports.
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#39Is there a good way to follow important legislation? With how easy communication is today I'm surprised it's not easier to build grassroot support for laws but I almost never hear of any except for ones liberals disagree with. And even these happen through very informal channels like random Twitter people or random podcasts. I'm totally fine with hearing about laws liberals disagree with but I'd like to also hear mor…
https://www.govtrack.us (no affiliation, avid user of the service)
Wow, that's a great website. This is hilarious though:
https://govtrackinsider.com/protecting-school-milk-choices-a...
Re: America COMPETES Act of 2022 passed House and Senate
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
The United States should be offering permanent residency to practically everyone with a Ph.D.
Forgot all PhDs, it is next to impossible for most students and researchers who get advanced degrees from American universities to get work visas or permanent residency. We get the best talent from all over the world, spend billions on educating them, and then force them to go home.
Is the US spending billions to educate them, or are they spending billions to be educated here?