DAVID MARCUS: Big-brained Ramaswamy, Musk pick fight they can’t win

In many English-speaking countries (excluding the United States), the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day. For reasons that are completely unknown, DOGE brothers Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk decided to take the opportunity to don boxing gloves and throw haymakers at American-born workers.

It wasn't the first time Musk had said on his social media platform It has turned into a form of disrespect for American families. mall.

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Apparently, the reason big tech companies need foreign workers is because we're raising our children the wrong way.

Ramaswamy told X that native-born families should have “more math instruction, less sleepovers, more weekend science contests, less Saturday morning cartoons, more books, less TV, more creative writing,” Ramaswamy told X. He argued that there is a need to reduce “chilling''. My extracurricular activities have increased and I've been “going to the mall” less. ”

The former presidential candidate said he was just telling us a “hard truth” by suggesting that all families should emulate some South Asians, calling them shining examples. It is listed as.

But guess what? The United States is a nation, not just a Big Tech farm system. By the way, the reason China steals innovation from us, not the other way around, is because our backward, haywire attitudes produce free thinkers, not drones. At least when I'm not playing the banjo on the porch.

All American-born children applying to college this year will be competing with students from foreign countries, including communist China, and they will be given a red carpet to take advantage of the American education system. It will be. And when these American children graduate, they may find themselves unable to get entry-level jobs because of foreign competition.

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Musk says there aren't enough American tech workers. Then maybe we need to stop giving away thousands of slots in top schools and make our own schools better at teaching.

When I visited Springfield, Ohio, in September, local factory managers said they had hired 15,000 Haitian immigrants because, unlike Americans, they show up on time, pass drug tests, and are willing to work overtime. of Haitian immigrants have been heard arguing that we need them. This was an utter insult to American workers, but not in the same way that Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy mocked native-born people and their cultural traditions.

And, of course, big tech companies have the added advantage of losing immigration status if workers brought in on H-1B visas lose their jobs. That's a lot of influence that the heads of technology companies don't have over American workers.

Currently, MAGA appears to be experiencing its first full-scale civil war since Trump won the election nearly two months ago, but appearances can be deceiving. Indeed, both Mr. Ramaswamy and Mr. Musk have thankfully backed away from the thoughtless duet.

That's because, outside of a right-wing sushi restaurant in Palo Alto, no one in the America First Trump coalition thinks replacing American workers is a far-fetched concept.

This unfortunate moment was an unforced error, but no serious damage was caused. Sometimes mathematicians need a little knowledge of the humanities, or at least some travel around the neighborhood.

The Office of Government Efficiency, which President-elect Donald Trump has entrusted to Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy, needs to understand that our country is not a corporation, nor is it an NBA team trying to win, as Mr. Musk claims.

The role of the U.S. government is not to fit in as a cog in the machinations of domestic and foreign billionaire geniuses, but to ensure that Americans have the right to live as themselves. And Americans have a right to ensure that the institutions they pay for are actually advancing Americans.

This is a teaching moment for two bright, intelligent, and sassy stars who embrace freedom and understand that life and freedom are about heartbeats, not bottom lines.

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This unfortunate moment was an unforced error, but no serious damage was caused. Sometimes mathematicians need a little knowledge of the humanities, or at least some travel around the neighborhood.

American college graduates deserve to be hit hard. They don't have to compete with the H-1B visa race, and Americans shouldn't train for cheaper H-1B replacement visas.

The Trump administration's first order of business is to close the borders and deport criminals. After that, delicate negotiations over legal immigration could begin.

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However, there is one important caveat. American workers must be treated with respect. Because without him or her we would have no country.

Americans don't celebrate Boxing Day, and we don't celebrate rich people knocking workers. I hope this unforced error serves as a lesson to Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk.

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