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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by BuyMyBitcoins on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:26AM (#36506987)
>”The majority of costs a person will typically have on a country are their initial K-12 education, and their health care costs later in life. Immigrants like these will never cost the government that first major cost.”

Something about this is horribly depressing. It’s bad enough that the private sector is doing everything humanly possible to maximize profit.

It makes me wonder what the point of citizenship is if government officials and elected representatives see the cultivation of those born in the country as more expensive and burdensome than just bringing people in. And, it sounds like the government is more interested in higher salaries for new arrivals than longtime constituents.

And it’s not like this is sustainable either. All these much more profitable immigrants are going to become settled and have their own children, who will then become just as expensive to educate. Where does it end, and what’s the ultimate purpose?

Canada Inc.?

Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by vkou on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:55PM (#36510875)
> It makes me wonder what the point of citizenship

There's a pretty important point to citizenship. If you have it, you can't be kicked out.