From: Kevin Kelly (kevin@wired.com)
Date: Tue Mar 28 2000 - 16:32:59 MST
>
>One project is to convince one relatively rich economy
>somewhere to completely open its borders to immigration,
>even setting up a loan program to pay for transportation
>costs. This might do more for the world's poor than most
>anything I can imagine. And that one country could
>benefit immensely.
>
Robin,
I like this idea. Do you have an estimate of how much this would cost? ANd
not just the transportation, but any other services such a deal might
require? Would the host country have any obligations to those who came, no
matter their number?
--kk
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