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		osopoderoso on Sept 17, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "50% of firm founders [in Silicon Valley] are fore... Immigrants are not only risk-takers, they are mainly avoiding poverty and looking for better conditions.

sbowles on Sept 18, 2010 [–]

On behalf of my fellow Canadians in the US, I can safely say most of us are simply opportunists.

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