If the US wants to regain its prowess it needs to do three things, one - shut off immigration except for needed skills, no point having excess workers for few jobs, two - invent something that gives us an advantage and make sure corporate America does not give it to China or India in order to access cheap manufacturing labor, and finally, three - no foreign students should be allowed access to study our latest technological achievements. Where do you think the BRIC nations get the skills to close the technology gap between them and us. I know, free trader/libertarian freepers will say not possible, can’t work. Apparently they never read the story of silk.
Silk tease ping ! What’s the story morning glory ?
I agree with all you said. The whip should should have cracked down years ago with not even allowing Japanese to open up automobile manufacturing plants here. Only a 3rd world country invites in foreign masters to set up manufacturing and for them its a good course of action
But not for us with our GM, Chrysler and Ford
We can grow our domestic work forces needed skills without import human trafficing, when leaning those skill is econimically viable. It's called supply and demand.
econimically=economically
“...shut off immigration except for needed skills...”
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Why are these skills “built offshore” and then imported here?
Why can’t we build those skills here in the USA?
Why do we support people who can’t find work with the one hand
and bring in foreign labor to fill jobs with the other hand?
Possible answers:
(a) A failed system of education
(b) A failed system of economics
(c) A successful system of dependency
(d) All of the above
You are going to have to sweeten the deal for U.S. students studying advanced technology (Engineering and Science) to compete with the foreign serf research assistants or teaching assistants - otherwise their lack will dramatically degrade the effectiveness of our top research institutions.
As a side note, when I tried to get an assistantship back in the early 90s for my M.S. in Engineering, I had little luck - no money was to be had for a U.S. citizen and ten year taxpayer (seven in state in which I wanted to study). Of course no problem with finding lots of cash (full tuition and stipend) for loads of Chinese and Indians. Now I like studying with these folks, but I think U.S. citizens should come first (especially when you are talking tax dollars).
I paid my own way and finished my M.S., but this situation still burns me to this day.