re: immigrant start-ups

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in response to reader comment: Immigrants Do, Indeed Start Businesses

Submitted by EriK (United States), Jan 30, 2014 14:34

Harrison,

I appreciate your comprehensive response, but I believe you misread my short post. I did not single out immigrants in general, I was speaking about guest workers which Sessions wrote about in his piece. I still think the proposal to double the amount of guest workers is wrong-headed and I'd be suprised if the guest worker cohort is filled with budding entrepenuers.

Of course, I'd be silly to ignore the fact that there are many businesses started by and/or run by immigrants. That's why I didn't do that.

Again, I just think the doubling of guest workers is a bad idea especially if its unstated purpose is just to allow Mark Zuckerberg to pay below market rates for some coders.

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Startups not the issue [86 words]Harry BinswangerJan 29, 2014 18:37
Nothing like a 170 year old arguement [132 words]LyleJan 29, 2014 14:19
I'd be surprised [13 words]EriKJan 29, 2014 12:17
↔ Immigrants Do, Indeed Start Businesses [302 words]Harrison O'TooleJan 29, 2014 17:21
↔ ⇒ re: immigrant start-ups [121 words]EriKJan 30, 2014 14:34

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