[rdcbn]

I think you mis interpret my comments.

My experience is that given similar background, skills and motivation Americans are much better than foreigners.

American values and culture provide Americans with an absolute advantage over most foreigners.

The problem is that highly talented young Americans are not choosing STEM careers and a large percentage are so poorly prepared by our public school system that those otherwise qualified Students who do try STEM ( i really hate that term, BTW) studies often drop out in frustration due lack of adequate background coming out of high school

[skeeter]

YES, a plurality of teachers in public schools are far more interested in turning out liberal voters who won't mind funding the welfare state than they are independent citizens capable of critical thought.

May they choke on their pensions.

[indthkr]

"The problem is that highly talented young Americans are not choosing STEM careers"

They are not choosing (and their parents are not pushing them) into STEM careers because they know that the government will subsidize the industry anyway with targeted immigration programs. It's just not a good return on investment in tuition and effort.

Unfortunately, these corporate socialists, K-Street money changers, politicians, and associated cheerleaders somehow think that people that are capable of acing a test on Quantum Mechanics are incapable of also understanding political science and the economics of slave wage arbitrage.