Florida Governor May Divert Taxes to STEM Majors

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In our modern society, each and every sector relies on computer technologies and application for their daily operations.
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Computer-Science of IA 5:13AM August 01, 2012

Advancements in science and technology have brought tremendous developments in the world and human lives. The word science which derived from the Latin word “scientia” means knowledge.
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science education of AZ 5:05AM August 01, 2012

I am 42 and live in Florida. I was born in this state and received all of my education in this state (through a graduate degree). I majored in Anthropology. Since getting a job right upon my graduation from undergrad, I have stayed employed in an anthropological capacity for 20 years. From the West Coast to the East Coast, I have found jobs in every state I have lived in. Scott happened to single out one of the social sciences that is by far the most integrated into most all of the STEM subject matters. Anthropologists are heavily involved in genetics, epidemiology, forensics, applied technology, engineering and much more. Responsible professionals in this field don’t have a problem finding jobs. Either he is completely ignorant of how the STEM subjects integrate into solving problems for human populations, or he has embarrassingly misguided theories (actually, they are more like guesses than theories) on how to create jobs for the long term. Well, maybe both.

Robin Moore of FL 4:49PM October 14, 2011

"People seem to instinctively understand that scientists and engineers lead modern economies."
Sadly, not everyone. There's a man I grew up with, who now lives in Florida, who graduated with a degree in anthropology. He is spitting nails right now over this decision. Of course, he has never actually gotten a job doing anything remotely to do with anthropology. Actually, come to think of it, he was 35 years old before he ever got his first real job.
Perhaps that says something in and of itself.

Bill of GA 9:21AM October 14, 2011

Is he also going to limit the number of h-1b visa's issued to foreign workers in the STEM fields? The problem is not a lack of STEM workers, the problem is the labor pool being flooded with cheap, foreign workers.

P Henry of CT 8:26AM October 14, 2011

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kristywood14 of TX 6:12AM October 14, 2011

People seem to instinctively understand that scientists and engineers lead modern economies. You hear anxiety about US students "ranking only 22nd in science and math," for ex., but never such things as "the US ranks only 34th in business ed," or "we have a critical shortage of economists," or "we have to get more CEO's in under H1-B visas, and try to retain foreign business students."
Sadly the US is no longer a modern industrial and manufacturing economy, but an undeveloping service and information economy. Non-techies don't understand that computer programming is an order of magnitude less technical than engineering, and engineering an order of magnitude less technical than the physical sciences, so the popular perception is that we are advancing in tech, while we are actually degenerating. Two main problems are that we have a dysfunctional patent system that has been perverted to obtain monopoly profits for businesses and excludes inventors, so that there are incentives for investors, but none for innovators. Another problem is Tedian chamberpot immigration that has flooded the country with garbage techs from the third world for the last 50 years, dulling the edge the US used to have in technology leadership, also rans don't hack it in global competition. A third problem is poltical correctness. If top priority is diversity in engineering and science, then quality must be a lesser value and priority.

Luther of LA 2:05AM October 14, 2011