And I said it was true, where? I read it and did think. Sure it has meaning for writing this article. Think.
I didn’t say that you said it was true. I asked the question, how can you say it is true which was intended as a rhetorical question, I apologize if I did not make myself clear.
“Among all 25- to 34-year-olds living in the United States, 10.6 percent of those with masters, professional or doctoral degrees are foreign born, compared with 8.5 percent of native-born young people....”
I still see no real meaning in this, it would seem to say that 8.5 percent of native born young people are actually foreign born which is of course impossible. First he says what percentage of a group is foreign born and then compares that to the percentage of native born young people. What is that supposed to mean? If he is trying to say that 8.5 percent of native born 25 to 34 year old people have advanced degrees that is apples to oranges, comparing the percentage of advanced degree holders who are foreign to the percentage of natives who are advanced degree holders is meaningless. If he means that 8.5 percent of advanced degree holders in that age range are native born then what are the other 80.9 percent of advanced degree holders in that age group, are they neither foreign nor native?
Did he in fact intend to write that 10.6 percent of the foreign born in that age range have advanced degrees? That would seem to allow a valid comparison but it is not what was written and I would not believe it anyway considering the number of low education illegal immigrants in this country, otherwise I see no valid comparison here of any kind, one may have been intended but it was certainly not written.
The only information I can glean from it without question is that it was written by an incompetent or very careless author and that author is apparently CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce, a very frightening thought. I would not be surprised to learn that he is the sort who would respond to my criticism with an angry, “You know what I meant, don’t nitpick!” Actually I don’t know what he meant, I can only guess.
Others have posted to this thread pointing out the same errors I am attempting to point out.