Start-up Visas Can Jump-Start the Economy →
Paul Kedrosky and Brad Feld on the WSJ.com:
Immigrants have not only founded big, well-known companies. Foreign-born residents made up just 12.5% of the U.S. population in 2008. But nearly 40% of technology company founders and 52% of founders of companies in Silicon Valley.
I think jump-start the economy is a tall order, but a jump in innovation on the services economy seems very likely. I would seriously consider a program like the proposed in the article. In many ways it’s win-win for the US, since they benefit both in the consumer side and in the investment one.
