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1. Reform its immigration policy to make it easier for skilled workers
and entrepreneurs to come to this country. “We are losing the global
battle for talent,” he says.

In other words, bring in people from other countries who have lower standard of living so you can pay them less. That’s the H1-B visa, although companies don’t say it happens, it does.

2. Unlock access to capital by making crowdfunding legal and changing capital gains for certain types of investments

I don’t understand. I can invest in a start up for any amount I want to invest in it, and I don’t have to be registered.

3. Change regulations and Sarbanes-Oxely to make it easier for smaller companies to go public.

Sarbanes-Oxley was an over-reaction but pre-Sarbanes-Oxely, it still cost a company a lot of money to do the proper required accounting.

I lean towards the side of over regulation costing jobs but those complaining never admit the abuses of the past, lead to a lot of the laws and regulations currently in place.

In other words, bring in people from other countries who have lower standard of living so you can pay them less. That’s the H1-B visa, although companies don’t say it happens, it does.
I see your point, but that could be generalizing a bit. 
As it relates to IT, you have many cases where non-American born workers may make up the bulk of your pool of candidates. Even though we do have qualified American workers that can do the work, that pool is at a deficit that continues to decline over the years. So let’s say I have an idea for an app and I need a few programers. In most cases I have seen, it is easier for me to find a non-American born programer than an American one. Secondly, let’s face it–we are already at a non-military war with China. China does and will continue to do things on the cheap while both sucking up and producing their own workers. This is very evident in the IT world. So I believe it is going to become more the norm for companies to opt for workers that don’t require as much as your typical American worker. I just do not see anything that tells me differently. 

I don’t understand. I can invest in a start up for any amount I want to invest in it, and I don’t have to be registered.

He is talking about high-end investors (I think accreditation starts @990621a674c93f67244f23171f704367:disqus 
 $200K). In that regard, he is right. But yes, someone investing a couple of G’s do not require accreditation. But does that stimulate job growth?