Quote Originally Posted by earcutter View Post
America used to be the "Brain Trust" of the entire world because it scooped up the brightest people from around the world. But of course... the "screw the foreigners war cry" has been heard loud and clear, and the educated aren't coming in droves like they once were. So there - you're winning.

India at least has plans to visit Mars. Europe just put a thing on a rock some six billion miles away, and China is planing on the moon. What's America doing? Oh yeah - outsourcing its space program.

Don't confuse wanted immigration with unwanted.
That's because the current crop of bureaucrats truly believes there is no longer anything "inherently governmental" other than growing their staff to award contracts in a quid pro quo toward future employment.