“Crossover has amassed an army of 5,000 workers in 131 countries from Ukraine to Pakistan to Egypt. In the past 12 years, ESW has quietly acquired some 75 software companies, mostly in the U.S., and it exports as many as 150 high-tech jobs every week.”https://buff.ly/2PGa3wR
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My reaction to this is: 1) Coding is becoming a commodity 2) Innovation will never be a commodity 3) The U.S. should focus heavily on innovation in tech 4) A lot of innovation in tech is from immigrants in the U.S. 5) We need to make sure we're immigrant friendly
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1) Maybe moving in that direction but we are VERY far from that point. 2) Not in our lifetimes 3) Sure, whatever tha tmeans 4) Yes 5) Yeah and we need to watch out for how improved global communications means America is teaching foreigners its secret sauce
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5 is interesting. Few ways to take it. Be so immigrant friendly people don't want to leave? Isolationist in business? Force companies to remain in US (at least head quarters) or tax incentivize?
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I think we should be extremely friendly to legal-entry high-skill immigrants. We should be unfriendly to illegal immigration of all kinds. Basically, two ways to keep America's knowledge in America: 1. tariffs for manufacturing 2. Remote work is tougher but I have an idea:
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I think American companies should be forced to pay payroll taxes on outsourced work. If I hire a $10/hour employee in the Philippines vs. a $10/hour employee in the US, there is a huge difference in regulatory, tax, and other costs and it shouldn't be like that.
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The way we've structured employment in the United States has disincentivized hiring in the United States.
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