More specifically, do you think that family is entitled to your income?
No. Nor am I entitled to a particular job.
I'm only advocating allowing the job to go to the person who will offer the best cost/benefit ratio. I'm not advocating we should make it illegal to give the job to one person or another, you are.
Anyway, it's artificially adjusted to keep 20% of the US population below the line, so it's not useful as an indication of actual poverty.
This is very true, but regardless - the bottom 95'th percentile of India is poorer than the bottom 5'th percentile of the US.
I didn't see anything in this discussion about programmers.
My arguments are not specific to programmers. I would also advocate bringing over Indian cooks and house cleaners, subject to various non-protectionist limitations.
No. Nor am I entitled to a particular job.
I'm only advocating allowing the job to go to the person who will offer the best cost/benefit ratio. I'm not advocating we should make it illegal to give the job to one person or another, you are.
Anyway, it's artificially adjusted to keep 20% of the US population below the line, so it's not useful as an indication of actual poverty.
This is very true, but regardless - the bottom 95'th percentile of India is poorer than the bottom 5'th percentile of the US.
I didn't see anything in this discussion about programmers.
My arguments are not specific to programmers. I would also advocate bringing over Indian cooks and house cleaners, subject to various non-protectionist limitations.
(In short, I want to limit immigration to people who leave their cultural baggage at home and who won't vote away our freedom. I've discussed this in the past: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=619122 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=477733 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1144340 )