#immigrants --- in-sourcing #jobs to #America. "The new ideas and - TopicsExpress



          

#immigrants --- in-sourcing #jobs to #America. "The new ideas and risk-taking that immigrants introduce can help economically energize a community if they can be persuaded to settle in an area. New York state is spending heavily on marketing the state as a location for corporations. Perhaps its cities and counties would do well to market themselves as an opportunity for the enterprising from other lands. "Immigration," said one-time "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar, "is the sincerest form of flattery." It may also be one of the best forms of economic development. We hear all the time that our nation is exporting jobs overseas. But thanks to our immigrants, we are also importing them. One of the newest examples is a young Chinese-American couple, Lily and Mark Lin, who are starting an organic tea plantation and tea room this year in a small city in economically lagging Upstate New York. First, it is entrepreneurship at its purest, and cities and towns are increasingly recognizing the importance of new entrepreneurial companies to their economies. Finger Lakes Tea can ride several current trends. Scattered all over Upstate are colleges and universities with significant enrollments of international students ... Can they be persuaded to stay?" blog.syracuse/opinion/2013/06/how_risk-taking_immigrants_are.html
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:36:09 +0000

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