What chemistry grads do in Academia

Scientificmind
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:50:11 +0000

That is what I like to call unchecked Capitalism. We’ve become so engulfed in our own greed as a society, that we don’t realize the consequence’s of our actions. I can see the total implosion of our way of living unless we totally change our track of living. It is not too late to steer away from the proverbial iceberg. A lot of this is a political issue as well. I see the mentioning of H1 visa’s being given out like candy. But at the same time are we not trying to impose stricter retrictions on immigration? Isn’t just hiring someone like that a threat to National Security? I doubt those companies do thorough background checks with Interpol, DHS, I.C.E., DOD, etc. For all we know, we can have loose cannons for scientists that have obtained pristine fake documents posing as somebody that they are not. I still stand by my theory of imposing prohibitive taxes on those companies that outsource, but given tax credits for every legitimate American-born citizen that is hired. If I was a CEO, i definitely would go with the tax credits, because even if I had to pay a little more out of my pocket for a worker’s salary, that salary is being spent in the domestic economy, bringing in revenue for the government allowing them to fund research money, focus on proper education, etc. But hey, I’m just a rational thinker.