John Riccitiello, who is the Chief Executive Officer of video game publisher Electronic Arts, has talked to the United States Chamber of Commerce and offered a range of advice about how the country should deal with issues like education and tax policy in order to push the economy forward and support the high technology space, including the video game industry.
The executive has began by thanking the Chamber for the fact that it has supported the video game industry in the recent
Supreme Court battle over the California law that sought to limit the ability of retailers to sell titles to minors.
Riccitiello believes that the United States government and other sectors of the economy should embrace the changes brought on by the digital revolution and by the new business models that it has created.
The CEO believes that the United States should alter immigration policies in order to allow talented engineers and bright college graduates to work in the country, saying that Electronic Arts has problems recruiting the engineers that it needs in the U.S, so it's forced to create jobs in other countries in order to get the employees it needs.
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Electronic Arts representative also believes that the country needs to refocus its education policy in order to focus on science, technology, mathematics and engineering in order to create the 5,000 employees that the company will needs in the next decade.
Riccitiello stated, “The world is increasingly being divided into those who understand numbers and those who don't”, and urged parents to allow kids diversions “after they understand their math homework.”
The CEO also believes that job creation in the United States could be encouraged by altering tax policy.
He says that the high corporate tax rate is highest in the United States than in any other country that EA operates in, except Japan, which means that there's a natural tendency to shift jobs outside of the country.
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