Putting the Green in Green Card: An Immigration Policy for an Ailing Economy and a Sustainable Planet

摘要

These proposals offer a starting point to the discussion. My hope, for the future of my children and the future of our planet, is that we take advantage of this very unique opportunity at this juncture of history to do something to get our country moving in the right direction. If we can muster the political will to bail out the financial services sector and the automobile industry, and pass an almost trillion-dollar economic stimulus plan and a score of other measures aimed at reviving our moribund economy, we should be able to find a way to turn on the green magnet, and attract the best and brightest people from all corners of the earth to our shores to save us from environmental catastrophe and build a green future. This is not a time for half-hearted, mall-tested, window-dressing solutions colored green. Rather, true leadership and dramatic solutions are required, and now is the time for our leaders to act. As the solution requires money, it also requires people, and where there are people who can help who live beyond our borders, we should do whatever it takes to get them here, and enlist them as members of our "Green Team."