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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by adjwilli on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @10:20AM (#4910428)
How much of that innovation and world-class industry is created from immigrants? The business-friendly policies of the United States can be thanked too, but those business run on the labor of immigrants.
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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by pflats on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @11:32AM (#4910912)
Glibly, all of it. Immigrants make up 98.9% of the United States population as of the latest census.
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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by pcl on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @12:04PM (#4911151)
If you continue to extend your time scale, immigrants make up 100% of the US population.

(Assuming that "immigrant" != "first-generation immigrant, of course, which seems to be in line with your comment.)

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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by dspeyer on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @12:09PM (#4911185)
That's true of all non-african countries.
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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by chris_mahan on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @12:29PM (#4911302)
It's probably true of most African countries, with the possible exception of Kenya and the surrounding countries.
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