good work Mr. Galt!! your writing flows like river, simple wording yet powerful imagination... You actually put my qualms hibernating over the years about immigrations :-(. Then I think US as a nation of intellectuals ( or aware people) who care about daily politics/affair rather than majority of working two jobs/overtime household with no time to think. Wow! that would be mess. You start seeing atleast 70-80% voting record (currrently ~45% in presidential, 25 % and below in local), electing incumbent 99% of time over and over would be history, Ralph Nader might be president, neocons would out numbered etc. etc. Good or bad, nations' policy making would not be smooth, being on top all the time would be hard to acheive.So She has benefited either by quiet hard working dreamers or overly smart people who can generate tax money as quick as possible.Immigrant people in the middle like you (and me) who wants effortless good life due to academia are so so taxpayer but also future trouble makers. I start to understand the policy then :-). Your inputs are welcome!!