The US is fast backtracking on that though.
And they went on a massive debt model, which will weaken them eventually, unless global war breaks out.
This approach is particularly effective, because like it or not, some foreigners are going to to outperform others in certain fields, and when you give them a chance to utilize that skill and competence the country progresses.
An interesting thing I learned today is that the foreigners working pay more tax than the Finns working.
But then it hits me that the US could afford that because it's a massive capitalist economy and opportunities there are nearly endless, so to speak, compared to smaller nations like Finland.
This is the debt that drives it. Other countries should stop trading with the US, and start investing into local development, using a little more debt to drive consumption from everywhere else, but the US. Cut off all the digital platforms.