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@chriswithans Too effing bad. Get out

A Syrian refugee household admitted under Biden in 2023 was receiving $850 a month in SNAP payments. OBBBA and other Agriculture Dept. moves ended SNAP for refugees. She asks how she will feed her children? What exactly is her husband doing?

@Chicago1Ray And when she doesn't produce anything, nothing will happen

BOOM 💥 Ilhan Omar has until Tuesday to turn over all communications, texts, emails between her and the Feeding our Future ($250M) in fraud probe tied to the Safari restaurant, misuse of public funds Thanks to Nick Shirley, the Walls of Justice are closing in on Ilhan Omar 👍

@Tironianae Please do India as well.

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump says NO MORE SOMALIANS in the USA. He's DONE. "Their country STINKS! They contribute NOTHING." 💯 "I don't want 'em, to be honest. OK? Some say, that's not politically correct. I DON'T CARE. I don't want them in our country. Their country's no good for a reason!" "I'm understanding Somalians ripped Minnesota that place for BILLIONS of dollars! And they contribute NOTHING. The welfare's like 88%!" "I always watch [Ilhan Omar] complain about our Constitution, how she's treated 'badly,' or it's a bad place, hates Jewish people, hate's everybody. She's a TERRIBLE person." "I watch what's happening in Minnesota, the land of a thousand lakes? This beautiful place, I see these people RIPPING it off."

@vijaythirumalai Don't care, millions of Americans screwed over by Indians. GTFO

This is just so sad overall All the genuiuses who are calling names of the H1B person without knowing any context or background, here are the range of scenarios which would have possibly happened 1/Maybe he is the sole H1B and his wife is H4 & his children are still not citizen 2/He goes to India, not able to come back, loses status for both him and his children and he uproots his entire life 3/Maybe he just got a small home for himself so that he would have build the roots for himself and his family and losing job wil bankrupt him 4/ All those talking about why he did that, H1B IS A DUAL INTENT VISA (Dual intent to work & eventual path go GC) which is now in a mess because of Archaic country caps 5/ Lastly for those talking about Indian H1Bs are not doing enough, apart from paying taxes, adding tremendous value to US economy, they are spending $800 K for EB5 just to get EAD and AP ( Depsite the multi year wait for CGC)- imagine spending $800 K just so that you can travel for emergencies & not wait for the stamping So all the MAGA tards pontificating on what the H1Bs should and should not do, stop pontificating & go after illegal immigrants, not the honest , tax paying Indian H1Bs coz once they decide they are done, all the equity you have built in your cozy homes, all the tech dominance and everything else will come crashing down

@Molson_Hart A long post of complete bullshit.

1. Because it is one of the main reasons are country is one of the most powerful in the world. We have a long tradition of importing highly motivated people to improve our country. 2. Because it lowers costs for Americans. ~25% of US doctors are foreign born. Think about how many are 1st gen Americans. So without that “competition” would you have a doctor? 3. All the best things in America are driven be fair competition. All the worst are formerly fair competitive areas where sneaky people put up barriers or subsidies eg private equity roll ups, liberation day tariffs, fake disability/welfare or how you can buy a house because no one lets you build. I literally got ratio’d by someone who said we should go back to our founding stock. I got ratio’d by someone who wants to deport 100 to 200 million people if not more from the United States, including me and most of the people reading this. Do you realize how delusional that is? The United States needs strict enforcement of the border. Illegal immigration should be zero. Legal immigration must be vetted and focussed on making the country better and then those people must be culturally integrated into the nation. But sorry, without competition, Americans will just get even lazier and disconnected from reality. You’re not an Arabian prince with an oil inheritance. You are an American which achieved its country’s greatness through immigration and that’s a fact. We are all immigrants, from natives to African slaves, to “founding stock”, to the Chinese imported to build railways and then banned, to continental euro whites, to USSR escapees, to Mexicans, to everyone’s favorite: H1Bs If you don’t understand this, not only are you wrong but you are on the wrong side of history. 95% white america is done. It’s over. It’s demographically impossible. Just look around or at the data of young people. I don’t have a problem with white people. I am white. I don’t even have a problem with people saying racist things. But what I do have a problem with is anyone, regardless of their origin, thinking stuff like “I am superior because of my race” because it is 1) wrong 2) leads to the most evil acts our species commits.

@rohitjoycpa These brown shit stains should have never been allowed in the US.

The H-1B visa is a temporary, nonimmigrant visa. I know the concept of “dual intent” and the worker was waiting for a green card, but until granted, he should have planned his life as if his time in the U.S. were temporary and been prepared to return home at any time.

@AttyStevenBrown @SpeakSamuel Damn right we hate them.

I think a vast majority of the responses to @SpeakSamuel show a lot. They show how much hatred people have for someone doing things the right way. They show a complete lack of understanding of our immigration law (especially AC21 and backlogs). And worst, they show a lack of human empathy for someone who is struggling predominately because of flaws of the Administrative State.

@billybinion Don't give a shit, fuck the Indians they need to stay in India.

The responses to this are a good reminder that a lot of anti-immigrant keyboard warriors have no idea what the law says. “He had 20 years to become a citizen!” No. Thanks to country of origin caps, the wait time for Indians can be over *100 years*—just to get a green card. Many die waiting in line. We tell people seeking the American Dream to come here “the right way,” and then we punish them for doing so.

@carlwheless Fuck you. You're taking the side of Indians over Americans so go to hell

This is the success. missed part of the H-1B visa debate. I am America First. I was before the term was popularized over the past few years. But being American First does not mean turning our backs and closing our eyes to human suffering. Respectfully, that is the antithesis of American values. Being American First doesn't mean being hard, calloused, and uncaring. It means being strong. Strong enough to withstand storms, challenges, and setbacks without tearing others down and seeking scapegoats. We are better than that. We are rugged individualists who seek answers within, not by pointing fingers at others. Hold your government accountable when they fail, not Indians when they succeed.

@acquisizioni Who wants to live where you have a neighbor that's less than a mile from you

A family friend went through exactly this - moved from suburban NY to suburban Dallas in search of a lower cost of living about 5 yrs ago - complained about the heat every summer, about not being near family anymore - then tried to move back to suburban New York last year and couldn’t afford it so settled in suburban DC (close enough for them)

@SpeakSamuel Don't care. Indians don't belong here.

This H-1B worker has lived in the US for nearly 20 years and built a family here. His mom was dying in India. To visit her, he would need to wait months to book a consular appointment--with the soonest one available likely being scheduled one year out. He made the difficult choice of not visiting his dying mom because leaving without an appointment would mean separation from his children, job, and his other obligations. Much of the commentary around immigration focuses on how such bureaucratic burdens undermine immigrants’ ability to contribute and innovate. But we must remember that this red tape also prevents these people from being fully engaged with their own lives and meaningfully present in the lives of others. This matters too, and these seemingly non-economic problems will eventually translate into economic costs. If America is no longer a place where people feel empowered to be the best versions of themselves as they celebrate, struggle, and grieve, it ceases not just being the land of opportunity, but also the land of dignity and purpose. linkedin.com/posts/gautam-d…

@TrollyP71 @Raymond06265386 Until an obvious pattern by race develops

@Raymond06265386 I agree, although a physical description may imply a subjects race it does not use it for any other purpose than identification.

Race should be removed from every application, form, and document other than medical. There is no need to identify or discuss race at anytime.

@CyberGreen09 They don't care

Frisco Indian is looking to real estate agent to list homes in Austin, Texas for a 1% listing fee and provide a 25% referral commission. This is illegal. Texas law prohibits unlicensed individuals from receiving real estate referral commissions.

@fasterfreedom Tangible vs intangible.

You can’t call the bank and say: “I’d like to borrow $240,000 to invest in the S&P 500.” They’ll laugh at you. Ask for $240,000 to buy a rental property and they’ll hand it to you. The bank has been telling you which asset they trust more for 100 years.

@CityofBozeman The city will eventually regret this but libtards are too stupid to understand why

We recently broke ground on Hidden Creek with Gallatin County, HRDC, and United Housing Partners, bringing affordable housing for households earning 30–70% AMI. At 30%, that’s under $32K/year for a family of four. This project helps local workers access stable housing.

@HarryBuckles @EMPaulG 🤣🤣

@Off_Grid99 @EMPaulG Yup, high taxes that funded a war time economy that consequently lead to a manufacturing boom.

In the book, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand talks about a world in which the producers are taken for granted and criticized for making money. The world slowly, over time, shifts from producers being rewarded for risk to getting the fruits of their labor criticized even though they are the creators of jobs and the ones who have helped keep the economy going. So what happens? The producers shut down their shop and go to a hidden world where they enjoy their lives and the outside world crumbles. Obviously that is fiction but.......does it make sense? I don't know where we stand right now on the spectrum of Capitalism to Socialism...clearly we are still very capitalistic as a society but it is hard to deny that what we see happening in New York City and California and other major cities is creeping itself towards a world where we keep taking "just a bit more" from those who can. I get it. A billionaire has more money than they ever need. Why is it a big deal if they pay just a BIT more taxes? It makes sense to ask that. But what it doesn't do is ask, when does it end? For anyone who thinks that the billionaire tax is just for billionaires, you are mistaken. It will eventually creep down to every tax bracket. It may not be in your lifetime, but it will happen. When was the last time a tax was limited to a certain income level or small group of people? Our history has proven that we start taxing the ultra wealthy and it just slowly creeps down and down. Here is the evidence. The first ever FEDERAL income tax was in 1913. It was 1% on income over $3000 for individuals and $4000 for a married couple. That was the top 3% of income earners back then. Yes, that was 113 years ago. And yes, our country is far better today than it was 113 years ago. But is that because of Taxes? I'm not saying we should not have taxes. I like having organization and government to protect me against someone else and to protect our country. But when does it stop? What's enough? Why is it greedy to want to keep your money? We always hear about billionaires and think "Of course they can pay!" But that's selection bias. We don't hear about the hundreds of thousands of people who risked a lot of money to become wealthy who lost it all or didn't do well. Were their employees taking money out of their pockets to help them? No. You can believe that billionaires have too much. There's no one stopping you. And I think those are good questions to ask. How much is enough? But what major advancement has the government given to society in the last 100 years versus private enterprise? I would be hard pressed to find someone who changed society dramatically and made everyone's life better who did not make a lot of money because of it. If we take that incentive away, or gradually decrease it, why would they do it? Remember, that 90%+ of this country lives better than John Rockefeller did 100 years ago. That's not because of the government. That's because of private enterprise and incentives. Show me the incentive, I will show you the behavior. @GavinNewsom @NYCMayor #socialism #taxes @BillAckman

@chutneylife To increase the profit by front running the picks

If you’re making thousands and thousands with your stock picks, why do you need to charge a subscription?

@navyhato It's why the Summer Olympics are worthless anymore. At least the Winter Olympics are somewhat representative of each country.

What is the point of international competition like the Olympics or national leagues like soccer (football) in countries like the UK/GER/FRA when they are represented, in majority, by foreigners?

@HarryBuckles @EMPaulG That expansion was because we bombed the rest of the manufacturing world into the Stone age.

@EMPaulG "When was the last time a tax was limited to a certain income level or small group of people?" In 1944 the top marginal tax rate was 94% on an income of $200,000 (inflation adjusted=$3.3 million). And in the 50's the US experienced a massive economic expansion.

@BastardGrimm It's infuriating. Politicians have sold out the country to retarded Indian scammers

99% of every remote job posting I see for software engineering that's located in TX has an Indian recruiter, meaning I have zero chance at ever even getting an interview for that job, despite being 1000% more qualified than all H-1Bs.