If Americans worked and studied harder, maybe we would not have a shortage of doctors, engineers and others with technical skills. Calculus, Chemistry and Anatomy are a lot harder than Political Science, English and Gender Studies.
Don’t even go there dude, Political Science and Gender Studies are crap classes. English is not.
I’m an American who graduated as a chemical engineer more than 20 years ago. I did so because I wanted economic security. I resent being painted with a broad brush as not working or studying harder in college. It’s no different than saying American will not pick lettuce. They will not do so because the current market clearing price is too low relative to the “safety net” of benefits available to them as citizens, not because they are lazy.
I left the chemical industry to go into biotech because I got tired of all the boom/bust cycles that made it impossible to plan ones future (just ask my ex). There is a surplus of technical talent in America and the American Chamber of Crony Capitalism will see to it that this remains the case. They want to keep the cost of technical talent low to help their bottom line and will contribute towards any politician who pushes that agenda.