42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the U.S

Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by hkmurakami on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:42PM (#14850011)

Imo the distinction between equalizing the opportunity and education gap on a national level versus a global level is a topic that is rarely properly debated. Each of us (or groups of us) have our closely held dogmas based on our personal experiences (or lack thereof) and don't really engage in understanding the opposite camp's narrative or logic.

IMO either position is perfectly defensible. Helping those who are "your neighbors" (those who are more proximal to you) first is defensible, and so is helping those around the world catch up to the living standards of the developed West.

What is not good is that we continue to mask pragmatic or moral decision making with irrational, illogical, emotionally charged positions, on both the left and the right. That, I wish would change.

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Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by jrs95 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:59PM (#14850192)

Maybe from a humanitarian position, but the U.S. government shouldn't be a global humanitarian project. If we are, we are pretty terrible at it. The U.S. government ought to be dedicated to benefiting U.S. citizens first and foremost. I don't think those who are opposed to this are genuinely opposed to it on humanitarian grounds either. They want to paint anyone who disagrees with them as racist or inhuamane while working on the behalf of corporations seeking cheap labor.

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