On Jul 5, 8:06 am, "Mark T.B. Carroll" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Scott Jensen <RecreationalPo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > The US absolutely dominates it. Not only does no country come close to
> > the US in biotechnology, but if you were to stack up the rest of the
> > world against the US, the US is still heads and shoulders above it.
>
> It'd be a little less so if it wasn't quite so good at recruiting
> immigrants! It's very much being the beneficiary of a `brain drain' that
> helps a lot with keeping the nation at the forefront of technology.
So? America is a land of immigrants. None of my ancestors included
an American Indian, and even their ancestors immigrated across the
Bering Straits. Our national animal shouldn't be the Bald Eagle but
the mutt. So we drain the smart degreed people from other countries.
So what? Since before the USA became the USA, this land has been
draining people from other countries. And this country benefits from
doing so. If I had my way, I'd make immigration what it was during
the 18th Century. No incurable disease? No felony record back home?
Welcome to America, new citizen! Go forth and make this nation great!
Scott Jensen
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