Tech workers

I don't buy the argument that there is currently a shortage of technically skilled people. If no one remembers, we had a technological boom, even if only a false one, during which there never was any evidence of a shortage of workers. After the tech bust, what happened? Did all of these workers disappear? No, they haven't; they still exist and they are looking for work. But under the new paradigm of cheap labor uber alles, a lot of lips are flapping about the need to obtain more cheap labor by lying about the availability of American workers. Only if and when Gates provides verifiable data, will I consider believing a word he says about this issue.

However, having an immigration policy that is based on attracting highly talented foreign-born workers is an acceptable policy to add to, not to replace American workers. It is surely a much better policy than our intentional policy of not enforcing our immigration laws and permitting millions of poor, uneducated people to flood into our welfare-laden society.

And of course, our entitlement laden, easy money society provides so many disincentives for developing the proper work ethic needed for the study of math and science. There really has to be societal attitude changes before we can really turn the corner in our elementary, secondary and post-secondary educational systems