January 5, 2007
THE NATIVES ARE DEAD WEIGHT:
Immigrants behind 25% of start-ups (Rachel Konrad, 1/04/07, The Associated Press)
Foreign-born entrepreneurs were behind one in four U.S. technology start-ups over the past decade, according to a study to be published Thursday.A team of researchers at Duke University estimated that 25% of technology and engineering companies started from 1995 to 2005 had at least one senior executive — a founder, chief executive, president or chief technology officer — born outside the United States.
Immigrant entrepreneurs' companies employed 450,000 workers and generated $52 billion in sales in 2005, according to the survey.
Their contributions to corporate coffers, employment and U.S. competitiveness in the global technology sector offer a counterpoint to the recent political debate over immigration and the economy, which largely centers on unskilled, illegal workers in low-wage jobs.
"It's one thing if your gardener gets deported," said the project's Delhi-born lead researcher, Vivek Wadhwa. "But if these entrepreneurs leave, we're really denting our intellectual property creation.
Your computer isn't going to clean your office, is it? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 5, 2007 8:35 AM
You can think of a Roomba as a computer that can help clean an office.
Posted by: Joseph Hertzlinger at January 5, 2007 1:26 PM"Their contributions to corporate coffers, employment and U.S. competitiveness in the global technology sector offer a counterpoint to the recent political debate over immigration and the economy, which largely centers on unskilled, illegal workers in low-wage jobs."
Perhaps it centers on this because the majority of illegal and unwanted immigration consists of unskilled, uneducated people from Latin America? Counterpoint? Does she mean moot point?
"It's one thing if your gardener gets deported," said the project's Delhi-born lead researcher, Vivek Wadhwa. "But if these entrepreneurs leave, we're really denting our intellectual property creation.
Actually, no one is suggesting that they leave. Nice try though.
Well, they are suggesting, but no one takes American nativists seriously. Hate doesn't sell here.
Of course, if they were unwanted we wouldn't employ them so readily.
Posted by: oj at January 5, 2007 3:47 PMYour computer isn't going to clean your office, is it?
Isn't it amazing how the offices of America managed to get clean before the illegal immigrant wave of the last few decades?
Of course, if they were unwanted we wouldn't employ them so readily.
Like illegal drugs? And cars?
Posted by: PapayaSF at January 5, 2007 11:50 PMThe Poles cleaning your offices were illegal too.
Posted by: oj at January 6, 2007 12:06 AMOf course you are right. Kindermord plus expanding economy equals demand for immigrant labor. Case closed. End of discussion.
Posted by: Lou Gots at January 6, 2007 10:49 AM