Unleash The Little Guys

A degree does not a good citizen make

In ???Unleash the Little Guys??? Carl Schramm gets it wrong on immigration. A university degree should not serve as an automatic pathway to citizenship. We need more than scientists and engineers in the building of a great nation. We need immigrants who share our values, demonstrate a respect for the rule of law (vital to a healthy democracy), and who do not seek to exploit our generosity.

Take Chinese immigrants as one example. Today, there are 1.5 million Chinese immigrants living in America and fully one-third (500,000 people) are here illegally. For those of us who have lived and worked on the mainland, however, such flouting of the law is expected. In China, the rule of law is not respected because the government and its institutions are corrupt. Unquestionably, this has had a detrimental effect on society-at-large.

In China, few parents or educators focus on the impact of individual morality on greater society. Hence, it is no surprise that piracy, a rampant disregard for intellectual property, fake or ineffectual ???degree??? holders, and out-right thievery has meant that multinationals must take extreme measures to protect their interests. Even the Chinese government must develop excessive procedures to collect taxes and to prevent the pillaging of state assets. I ask Mr. Schramm- are these the citizens he seeks? I could list a number of endemic social ills that would render China a poor source of supposed talent at the present time.

Further, this culture of corruption migrates, infects our own society and costs us dearly: Studies in the 1990s demonstrated that new Chinese immigrants- more than other group- tended to take advantage of welfare. Many willingly signed Immigration and Naturalization Service affidavits declaring that parents "will not become a public charge." Later, however, these immigrants took advantage of loopholes to gain welfare and subsidized housing. Census data for California stated that 75 percent of the recipients' children were professionals with incomes above the state median. By 1990, 55 percent of Chinese seniors (who immigrated to California from 1980 to 1987) were on welfare.

First and foremost, let us solve the weaknesses in our education systems that have led to a shortfall in a particular professional area. Further still, entrepreneurs are not the great saviors Mr. Schramm suggests. Research has shown that big and small businesses contribute equally to job growth- although not to our society (small businesses are the biggest tax cheats). Regardless, I am certain our young citizens, given the right tools and opportunities, are quite capable of exceeding our expectations in the fields of science and technology.

SC

A degree does not a good citizen make

In ???Unleash the Little Guys??? Carl Schramm gets it wrong on immigration. A university degree should not serve as an automatic pathway to citizenship. We need more than scientists and engineers in the building of a great nation. We need immigrants who share our values, demonstrate a respect for the rule of law (vital to a healthy democracy), and who do not seek to exploit our generosity.

Take Chinese immigrants as one example. Today, there are 1.5 million Chinese immigrants living in America and fully one-third (500,000 people) are here illegally. For those of us who have lived and worked on the mainland, however, such flouting of the law is expected. In China, the rule of law is not respected because the government and its institutions are corrupt. Unquestionably, this has had a detrimental effect on society-at-large.

In China, few parents or educators focus on the impact of individual morality on greater society. Hence, it is no surprise that piracy, a rampant disregard for intellectual property, fake or ineffectual ???degree??? holders, and out-right thievery has meant that multinationals must take extreme measures to protect their interests. Even the Chinese government must develop excessive procedures to collect taxes and to prevent the pillaging of state assets. I ask Mr. Schramm- are these the citizens he seeks? I could list a number of endemic social ills that would render China a poor source of supposed talent at the present time.

Further, this culture of corruption migrates, infects our own society and costs us dearly: Studies in the 1990s demonstrated that new Chinese immigrants- more than other group- tended to take advantage of welfare. Many willingly signed Immigration and Naturalization Service affidavits declaring that parents "will not become a public charge." Later, however, these immigrants took advantage of loopholes to gain welfare and subsidized housing. Census data for California stated that 75 percent of the recipients' children were professionals with incomes above the state median. By 1990, 55 percent of Chinese seniors (who immigrated to California from 1980 to 1987) were on welfare.

First and foremost, let us solve the weaknesses in our education systems that have led to a shortfall in a particular professional area. Further still, entrepreneurs are not the great saviors Mr. Schramm suggests. Research has shown that big and small businesses contribute equally to job growth- although not to our society (small businesses are the biggest tax cheats). Regardless, I am certain our young citizens, given the right tools and opportunities, are quite capable of exceeding our expectations in the fields of science and technology.

SC
San Francisco

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Drop the income tax and go to a graduated national sales tax on Everything.
Graduated meaning the Bigs Pay a Higher rate.
They will then ally with the lower poorer and " unconnected" classes of people to augment more of the smaller entities ( business thought process of the Bigs is to make it on business appreciation profits by helping startup the smaller entities ).

Employees no longer covered by their employer-provided plans would benefit from a rise in their real wages (roughly equivalent to the cost of health insurance previously paid for by their employer), which they would use to purchase health insurance on their own, or through any number of non-employer groups.

1. Whos going force these companies to give raises in place of the lost employer paid healh ins? Do you
actually think they'll they'll line up and volunteer to give away revenue they just acquired? c'mon!
2. Do you really believe that our "trusted politicians" will actually use the roughly $125 billlion in revenue for such a noble purpose, man what planet do you live on. The same politicians have turned their backs on poor children (TWICE), and you actually think they'll do more.
I can't belive that the writer actually wrote this but to think it made it past the editors causes one to question whether it news OR spin coming from newsweek.
pathetic.

Do you ever hear anything about the wall that was build between the us and mexico? bush got so much flack for that wall not the illigeal immigration has gone down so much.....this is our country why should other people be take our jobs away and why should we be paying for their stuff that fine if they want to come here but they do it the RIGHT WAY!