With the proposed new immigration point structure, can we finally acknowledge?

Question

that we live in a zero-sum world and that taking the developing world's elites we have a negative effect on the countries from which they emmigrate?
This entire debate seems to assume an infinite world and glosses over the impact of poor countries losing their engineers, scientists and thinkers to the West.
Let's stop ripping the Yankees for taking the best free-agents and cease the parochial idea that America's impact on the world is completely benign...please.

Response: In what sense, are there not a finite number of seats in a finite number of classrooms?
I think your argument is a difficult one to defend, one can look at the soaring steel prices as an example...

Answer 1

The bill is DEAD! Leave it in the trash were it belongs!

Answer 2

We do not live in a zero-sum world.