1/ Just had my 3rd Taxi uncle convo where I had to explain that America is not some fantasyland where you do no work and get welfare benefits. He was genuinely shocked to hear about homelessness, the opioid epidemic and the lack of public safety
2/ He was convinced that Singapore is being overrun by foreigners and was surprised when I told him that hiring managers were struggling to hire Singaporeans because that would actually enable them to grow their ability to hire non-Singaporeans
3/ My favorite comment was when he asked me what the US government was doing to help the housing crisis in the Bay Area! “Aren’t they offering any subsidies to help the citizens? “ and also “is the government trying to help laid off manufacturing sector workers?”
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