But tech-bro MAGA is wrong as well as offensive in saying that we need foreign workers because Americans are stupid or lazy. And opening America to skilled workers also reduces the incentive on foreign nations to educate and nurture their own skilled workforces. The major beneficiaries in the US of opening the nation to skilled workers from abroad are CEOs and venture capitalists like Musk and [David Sacks], whose profits and wealth would be even higher if they could siphon off cheaper skilled workers from abroad." I'm an economics professor, a profession with a particularly large share of foreign workers. "The H1B program enhances America's workforce by bringing in – and generally keeping – very talented people.

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Persons: MAGA, bro MAGA, I'd, aren't, Robert Reich, Bill Clinton's, America —, David Sacks, Florian Ederer, Ederer, Jeff Eisenach, Eisenach Organizations: Economic Council, Boston University, American Enterprise Institute Locations: United States, America, –