alt Hacker News>From the US point of view, this is a good program because it incentivizes people from the Marshall Islands to stay put rather than emigrate to the US mainland
Why is this a good thing? Naively, as an American citizen, I would rather have someone emigrate and work in America where they can provide additional labor to the mainland economy
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_heimdall • today at 12:30 PM
The Marshall Islands are of military importance, we don't squat in the island chain for economic gain.
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jlawrence6809 • today at 1:04 PM
Presumably if AI reaches it's potential there might not be a need for immigrants labor.
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The US is competing with China in the Pacific. Keeping those islands healthily populated by USA-sympathizers helps maintains overall US influence in the region.