Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday weighed in on the debate on hiring foreign workers for skilled labor and encouraged young Americans to invest in useful skills instead of social media content.
The debate resurfaced this week after President-elect Donald Trump appointed Sriram Krishnan as senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence. Krishnan suggested last month that Elon Musk consider lifting caps on green cards for skilled immigrants, which triggered the debate on hiring foreign engineers in Silicon Valley versus training U.S. workers for the roles.
Musk will help lead Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
Greene on Friday supported Americans focusing more on skilled labor, and a strong work ethic, and encouraged younger generations to pursue careers like engineering, and coding instead of social media and content creation.
“Too many of our young people, are killing their bodies and minds on alcohol and drugs, wasting years and money earning useless college degrees, chasing unrealistic dreams, spending all their time trying to be the next youtuber/content creator/social media influencer instead of pursuing a useful skill set/trade/education in order to become a part of our much needed American workforce,” Greene wrote in a post on X. […]
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