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(10-11-2017, 04:16 PM)FBT Wrote: It's a point system based on very specific criteria.  It doesn't matter if you're Eastern European or Mexican or African or Chinese.  These are people who have the potential to become high income earners in our system, which helps the permanent under class that you liberals are so fond of propping up instead of giving them a hand up.  It helps a growing economy so that those who are living in government induced poverty can elevate their status if they want to do so.  So, it makes sense a liberal would be opposed because it would chip away at your base.

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I agree that it's not about race so I'll be specific in the fact that I think we need minimum wage workers just as much as we need persons in other professional industries.  If we want our hostel (e.g. hotel housekeeping, etc.) and agricultural (e.g. farming) to succeed in the the US we need heavy contribution from the outside whether it be mexicans, indians, asians or whatever.  Our kids today don't want to support those industries so 10-20 years from now we're going to need significant contribution from the outside -- kind of like we're currently getting in California and Florida

I kind of like your macro-level thinking that everyone ultimately benefits but I just don't want to see IT geeks and Engineers ONLY coming to the US although it seems to be happening tremendously in corp america right now.

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(10-12-2017, 01:03 AM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote:

(10-12-2017, 12:41 AM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: No one has actually said how the merit system is racist. They’re pretty much all responses that acknowledge how we aren’t getting the best from other countries, but it’s racist to do anything about it.

The ones calling it racist seem to think that people with brown skin aren’t smart enough or hard working enough to get in on their merit.

"hard working enough" --- thanks for adding that as I think a lot of people think merit is specific to wealth and education

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