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by pault 2965 days ago
They can learn how to manufacture high quality products for the global market easier than the US can grow a billion people. Food for thought.
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US can grow to a billion+ people easily, it's just standard of living would be abysmal.
It just occurred to me that under extreme circumstances the US could force a worldwide brain drain overnight by relaxing immigration standards to allow anyone with a college degree on a fast track to a green card.
If our political system were run by cold-blooded technocrats that would be an interesting way of competing with China.