They are looking out for the collective us not for any subgroup. If you think about it, there’s lots of ways to make subgroups wealthier at the expense of America herself.
Subsidies are one such tool. Tariffs are another. He was right, you know, and fortunately the H1B helped with the growth of the American tech economy - which benefited all Americans far more than if it had been delayed (or worse, taken from us by others).
There is a ride in the affairs of men, and they managed to take it at its flood.
How exactly do you know that it helped? What evidence can you point to that says the whole tech boom would have gone to Trans-Dniester otherwise?
Doctor salaries are massively inflated by limiting supply even within the country. That must mean that the entire medical industry has already moved to India.
Well, far away doctors don’t compete with local doctors. But far away search engines sure compete with local search engines.
And yes, the doctor supply limit is costing the country substantially. It’s a tax on everyone else that is then distributed to a certain professional class.
It is no surprise that that professional class lobbies for it. But it’s bad for the rest of us.
Subsidies are one such tool. Tariffs are another. He was right, you know, and fortunately the H1B helped with the growth of the American tech economy - which benefited all Americans far more than if it had been delayed (or worse, taken from us by others).
There is a ride in the affairs of men, and they managed to take it at its flood.