[BushCountry]

Alot of these America businesses were created by them dang Chinese and people from India. It is estimated that almost one quarter of Silicon valley firms were established by people born in a foreign land.

Ten high-tech firms founded by foreigners (Intel, Sun Microsystems, Computer Associates, Solectron Lam Research, LSI Logic, AST Computer, Wang Laboratories, Amtel, Gupta Technologies, and Cypress Semiconductor) generated over $32 billion in revenues in 2002.

So, when these businesses use labor from China and India which is their country of birth, you complain (just joking guys)? I am just throwing this info out, but I bet you didn't know that 25% of the high tech firms in Silicon Valley were created by immigrants.

[riri]

but I bet you didn't know that 25% of the high tech firms in Silicon Valley were created by immigrants

What's your source for that stat?

[oceanview]

check your facts on some of those "companies created by foreigners" you list.

[Dialup Llama]

>Alot of these America businesses were created by them dang Chinese and people from India. It is estimated that almost one quarter of Silicon valley firms were established by people born in a foreign land.

Crawl back to Pres. Bush and inform him that the Cato Institute and Nation Review loves his immigration/offshoring/wage-lowering plan but the 'dumb hicks' which comprise the actual citizens of the US aren't too keen on it and are not going to be fooled by spin or by false appeals to 'free markets.'

[lelio]

I am just throwing this info out, but I bet you didn't know that 25% of the high tech firms in Silicon Valley were created by immigrants.

Their coming here and starting up businesses that hired Americans fuels our economy. I can't see how sending our knowledge workforce over to a foreign land is a) going to help us, b) good for us in the long run, and c) going to encourage people to start businesses here. Why not skip the middleman and do it all in India?

[rightisright]

I don't have a problem with legal immigrants coming to America and taking advantage of the freedoms afforded to them here and making something of themselves. I would be a hypocrite of the highest order if I did have a problem with it because both of my parents are immigrants to this country.

That being said, I notice these hard working Silicon Valley immigrants came to the United States to become educated, to start their company and make their success. If they had attempted to do that in their native countries they would not have gone far. Now they seem to have forgotten the lessons of their success and have decided that bottom line is more important than loyalty to ones country.