13/ to foreign labor, and then dancing to the tune that their master calls. Why, someone even asked Alex about this on the chat last night: "how do we know that you're not just saying what the think tank wants you to say", and Alex very straightforwardly ... said... some words.
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@AlexNowrasteh , since we're talking about the podcast last night, you mentioned that it's illegal for American firms to employ 95% of the people on the planet. As far as I can tell, this is absolutely false. American firms can contract with people anywhere on any1 reply 1 retweet 49 likesShow this thread -
15/ continent, and pay them via 1099. Heck, I believe that American firms can even set up foreign factories or offices and hire foreigners are direct employees. When I try to make sense of your " 95% " comment, the only thing that makes sense is that what you ACTUALLY meant
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16/ ...is that it is illegal for American firms to PHYSICALLY IMPORT foreigners onto American soil and have them work here. Now, the interesting thing about high value knowledge workers is that more and more they can do their job remotely, via email, Slack, zoom, etc.
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17/ ...so if an American firm wants to hire foreign coders, or artists, or writers, or attorneys, etc. it can just give them a password to the Slack, and BANG they're on board. However, this doesn't work so well with, say, butchers, or factory workers. ...which is exactly...
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18/ ...the kind of staff that the firms that donate to Cato employ. Curious!
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19/ Another question about the podcast last night
@AlexNowrasteh . You said that you were firmly, uncompromisingly in favor of birthright citizenship. Why? Why are you so far out of step with international norms? why do you want the US to have the same citizenship policy as1 reply 0 retweets 45 likesShow this thread -
20/ say, Guyana, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic? Have those countries policies of birthright citzenship contributed to their economic success?https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-who-offer-birthright-citizenship.html …
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21/ why are you against the citizenship policies of, say, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and Japan? If we embrace / keep the same immigration policies as the Dominican Republic and abjure those of Japan, will this help us converge with the Dominican Republic's success?
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22/ Please RT this poll to get wide responses. Q: would you buy a book from
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