Reply #4: Wow, what an obscene quote from the CEO of SAS in there

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Is there a political angle to all this? You bet. At the recent SAS Premier Business Leadership Series conference in Las Vegas, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight said that for his company, “It has become more and more difficult to hire Ph.D.-level people interested in writing code, and we’re not producing homegrown people.” As a result, SAS is asking Congress to approve more H1B visas to fill the gap, but Goodnight says there is political resistance to that idea.

“Nancy Pelosi refuses to give in on bringing smart people in until the 12 million people who are here illegally—most of whom will vote Democratic—are granted amnesty,” he stated. Interestingly, SAS is very active in funding computer education and literacy in U.S. schools, an effort for which they should be applauded.

This is the sort of thing that gets my blood boiling, and it's way too early in the day for that.