Submitted by Dr. Gene Nelson, Feb 5, 2008 11:40

This author would not be surprised to learn that Liz Peek derives some economic benefit from the controversial H-1B visa program. This is a program that makes it very easy for employers to substitute "Fresh (inexpensive) young blood" for experienced American citizen technical professionals. Since 1990, that young blood is likely from third world nations such as India and Communist China. [The older Americans may have to train their foreign replacements as a condition of receiving their meager outplacement.] Then, the American citizens must take a postion that pays less, and likely makes less use of their training and experience - since most still need to pay for the necessaries of life.

Eventually, the taxpayers are going to shut down these educational enterprises that are becoming much more like "Career destruction factories" - they are already asking why their tax dollars should support an institution that facilitates the destruction of their careers.

Caltech Vice Provost David Goodstein summarized the problem in a 1993 American Scholar article: ?The American taxpayer (both state and federal) is supporting extremely expensive research universities whose main educational purpose is to train students from abroad. When these students finish their educations, they either stay here, taking relatively high-paying jobs that could have gone to Americans, or they go home, taking our knowledge and our technology with them.? Congress and the public doesn?t seem to have noticed that, while largely ignoring our own students, we are putting our money and our best talent into training our economic competitors. Just wait until this one hits the fan.

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