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Clinton Tech Plan Reads Like Silicon Valley Wish List (usatoday.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the silicon-valley dept.

theodp writes from a report via USA Today: "If there was any lingering doubt as to tech's favored presidential candidate," writes USA Today's Jon Swartz, "Hillary Clinton put an end to that Tuesday with a tech plan that reads like a Silicon Valley wish list. It calls for connecting every U.S. household to high-speed internet by 2020, reducing regulatory barriers and supporting Net neutrality rules, [which ban internet providers from blocking or slowing content.] It proposes investments in computer science and engineering education ("engage the private sector and nonprofits to train up to 50,000 computer science teachers in the next decade"), expansion of 5G mobile data, making inexpensive Wi-Fi available at more airports and train stations, and attaching a green card to the diplomas of foreign-born students earning STEM degrees." dcblogs shares with us a report from Computerworld that specifically discusses Clinton's support of green cards for foreign students who earn STEM degrees: As president, Hillary Clinton will support automatic green cards, or permanent residency, for foreign students who earn advanced STEM degrees. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, wants the U.S. to "staple" green cards on the diplomas of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) masters and PhD graduates "from accredited institutions." Clinton outlined her plan in a broader tech policy agenda released today. Clinton's "staple" idea isn't new. It's what Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential candidate in 2012, supported. It has had bipartisan support in Congress. But the staple idea is controversial. Critics will say this provision will be hard to control, will foster age discrimination, and put pressure on IT wages.

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  1. Potentially more abuse prone than the H1B visa by vivaoporto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Potentially more abuse prone than the H1B visa. Diploma mills are already a reality in many parts of the world, adding a green card as an incentive and the potential for abuse is immense.

  2. Easy solution by sjbe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Potentially more abuse prone than the H1B visa. Diploma mills are already a reality in many parts of the world, adding a green card as an incentive and the potential for abuse is immense.

    So you limit it to select accredited universities. Problem solved. If someone can graduate from MIT with an engineering degree and wants to stay in the USA, we're idiots to not help them do that. It only becomes a problem if we don't pay any attention to how it's done.

  3. Promises like this are easy for Hillary by JackieBrown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    She is amazingly quick to tailor promises based on who she is talking to. The tech community should be aware of this.

    Some big examples would be gay marriage, TPA, patriot act, Iraq War, etc.

    Yes, I know all politicians lie. I am just annoyed that people believe things that Hillary say means something.

    On a tech site, we are cheering someone's tech platform whose tech level is so low that her defenders say we should not expect Hillary to be able to manage two separate email accounts.

    1. Re:Promises like this are easy for Hillary by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 5, Informative

      What's the deal with gay marriage? Do you think she doesn't really support it, or does really support it but says she doesn't?

      She didn't support it, until it turned out that a lot of voters supported it, so in 2013 she changed her position and supported it. It speaks to principles. Hers are "say what's popular." I'm sure if people heard what she said to Goldman Sachs audiences (that netted her hundreds of thousands of "speaking fees"), most people would not support it, so we won't get to hear those comments.

      Clinton opposed same-sex marriage as a candidate for the Senate, while in office as a senator, and while running for president in 2008. She expressed her support for civil unions starting in 2000 and for the rights’ of states to set their own laws in favor of same-sex marriage in 2006. As polls showed that a majority of Americans supported same-sex marriage, Clinton’s views changed, too. She announced her support for same-sex marriage in March 2013.

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      "Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
      --- Jerry Garcia
    2. Re:Promises like this are easy for Hillary by Ogive17 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I cannot stand Hillary and will not vote for her or Trump.. however don't we want our elected representatives to echo the voice of the people?

      It was relatively recent that a majority of Americans supported gay marriage.

      I don't mind politicians who change their tone over time.. we all change our viewpoints throughout our lives. As I've grown older I have become more liberal (by American standards). I also do not care what a politicians personal belief is, I want to know how they would influence the law related to those issues. I would personally only approve of an abortion if there were life-threatening complications to the pregnancy... but I think everyone should make their own choice.

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      "Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
  4. A free e-mail server in every basement ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A free e-mail server in every basement!

    Now there's a platform I can support.