To generate cheap labor for research

I don't think this is the right approach. If we are to fix the research problem, it's not going to be by introducing cheaper labor, I think it's by introducing more capital. Our government and our population needs to value research more.

Much like agriculture, there's a huge gap between people consuming a product and knowing where it comes from. People think that a steak or a strawberry magically appear on the shelf in a grocery store, they also have the same disconnect with life saving procedures and drugs. This disconnect also extends to everyday technologies, societal and cultural understandings and a whole host of things we take for granted that research has illuminated or made possible.