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Re: Obama likely to expand a foreign-student pipeline the high-tech industry loves

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A race to the bottom means a race towards efficiency. This is a net benefit to society. Sure, selfish people might stand in its way, and if you sympathize with them, that's your choice, but don't pretend it's something admirable.

"Efficiency" usually just means more of the wealth of society accumulating to capital holders. Nothing admirable about that.

Why not? The alternative isn't a more equal distribution of wealth, it's less total wealth.

Re: Obama likely to expand a foreign-student pipeline the high-tech industry loves

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By that logic, tech workers should also demand legally capping the number of new graduates; they provide "more offer" too.

Worked out pretty well for the medical profession

It did, but at the cost of everyone else.

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Global "efficiency" is a net negative for every single person reading this. Why are you standing in the way of it?

I care about people who are not reading this.

That's not the question. The question is why are you standing in their way?

Re: Obama likely to expand a foreign-student pipeline the high-tech industry loves

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I care about people who are not reading this.

That's not the question. The question is why are you standing in their way?

Perhaps I've misunderstood your position. I think we should decrease the amount we stand in the way of foreigners who want to work in this country.

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I can see from this response and the other you made, you're not really willing to discuss this in any objective manner. It seems you have issues that go deeper than just this simple discussion. I hope you manage to work them out and good luck to you.

Nope, no issues, just disagreement. The other post was simply responding to tone; not very mature, I admit, but I find that line of reasoning dishonest. I believe what you perceive as issues is just the fact that you're expecting people to argue it as a simple policy, while I believe that it's an ethical question. That said, I'll suggest that three shorts posts is a rather small sample to psychoanalyze someone.

Fair statement.
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