Your belief that I'm making any such assumption is a mistake on your part.
I'm saying that it is good for Americans in general to allow Google to bring good people into our labor market, so that their spending goes into our economy. Which circulates money that goes where? Mostly to Americans! Instead we force Google to create those jobs where those people happen to be.
Now the USA actually allows a lot of immigration. In fact nationwide a bit over 10% of the population is foreign born. But when you look at productivity growth, it is no accident that California is both one of the top states for long-term productivity growth, AND has over 1/4 of its population born elsewhere.
My belief, based on well-established economic theory, is that allowing more immigration of smart people would increase California's productivity even more. Which, long-term, will result in more money for all of us.
Your belief that I'm making any such assumption is a mistake on your part.
I'm saying that it is good for Americans in general to allow Google to bring good people into our labor market, so that their spending goes into our economy. Which circulates money that goes where? Mostly to Americans! Instead we force Google to create those jobs where those people happen to be.
Now the USA actually allows a lot of immigration. In fact nationwide a bit over 10% of the population is foreign born. But when you look at productivity growth, it is no accident that California is both one of the top states for long-term productivity growth, AND has over 1/4 of its population born elsewhere.
My belief, based on well-established economic theory, is that allowing more immigration of smart people would increase California's productivity even more. Which, long-term, will result in more money for all of us.
See https://www.bls.gov/lpc/state-productivity.htm for productivity growth, and https://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/ for the immigration statistic.