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0 pointsHDThoreaun5mo ago0 comments

Zero sum ass mentality. Top performing international students are likely to start companies and create jobs which is great for US high school and college students.

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chucksta5mo ago

Are top performing US students less likely to start companies and create jobs than international?

HDThoreaunOP5mo ago

1. No evidence but imo probably. Immigrants are by their nature entrepunerial go getters, thats how they got here.

2. Top performing US students arent being crowded out by international students anyway.

chucksta5mo ago

What about the first US child from a family of immigrants?

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esalman5mo ago

Objectively yes.

Immigrants make up 14% of the population but start more than 20% of businesses.

44% of fortune 500 companies are founded by immigrants or their children. Steve Jobs' dad was a Syrian immigrant student. Elon Musk was on F1, J1, and H1B visa.

more_corn5mo ago

Yes. Look at the top ten tech companies. Their founders were foreign born and in cases where they weren’t they’re children of foreign born immigrants.

ahmeneeroe-v25mo ago

Sorry I don't believe you.

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chucksta5mo ago

Are top performing US students less likely to start companies and create jobs than international?

HDThoreaunOP5mo ago

1. No evidence but imo probably. Immigrants are by their nature entrepunerial go getters, thats how they got here.

2. Top performing US students arent being crowded out by international students anyway.

chucksta5mo ago

What about the first US child from a family of immigrants?

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esalman5mo ago

Objectively yes.

Immigrants make up 14% of the population but start more than 20% of businesses.

44% of fortune 500 companies are founded by immigrants or their children. Steve Jobs' dad was a Syrian immigrant student. Elon Musk was on F1, J1, and H1B visa.

more_corn5mo ago

Yes. Look at the top ten tech companies. Their founders were foreign born and in cases where they weren’t they’re children of foreign born immigrants.

ahmeneeroe-v25mo ago

Sorry I don't believe you.

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