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The issue with Trump’s green cards for graduates idea is what immigrants will learn in American universities. Considering the extreme leftward tilt of upper level schooling, displayed by the ‘students’ in recent protests, 4 years of college are unlikely to produce conservative or even moderate members of society.

Green cards for Trade School graduates would make a lot more sense.

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I agree, I would prefer an approach that prioritized STEM related degrees. That said, the proposal is a step in the right direction.

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Right on, Philip.

Some more thoughts on the silly rush to the extremes so prevalent in our 2 party system:

https://zephareth.substack.com/p/why-do-we-allow-ourselves-to-be-slaves

https://zephareth.substack.com/p/forcing-the-hand-of-political-cooperation

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Thanks for the link Z.

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The problem with this for Trump is that he's Trump. Almost every time he ad-libs in a speech, he says something only his base could love. He doesn't seem to be willing or able to stick to a centrist message.

Also, voter preferences' transitivity is not always consistent with a left-right spectrum: Consider the possibly decisive Bernie-Trump voters in '16.

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I was halfway hoping Trump would pick Fetterman for VP. His followers wouldn’t leave him and those two would have the whole country listening.

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