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by alephnerd2 hours ago |
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upvoteby seneca2 hours ago|
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I don't want to ignore anything. The H1B fee changes were a half-measure that didn't go nearly far enough.
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upvoteby alephnerd2 hours ago|
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And my point is those "half measures" have already incentivized us to offshore even more than before. Going with "full measures" will only further incentivize us to go ExAmerica.
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upvoteby seneca2 hours ago|
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That assumes that policies can't be put in place to control the incentives such that they prioritize American companies hiring American employees.
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upvoteby sunshowers2 hours ago|
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So you truly do hate freedom then! At least you admit it openly.
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upvoteby seneca2 hours ago|
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What a childish argument.
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upvoteby sunshowers1 hours ago|
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I need you to understand that immigration controls are fundamentally and inherently antithetical to freedom of speech, freedom of movement, and freedom of association. And this applies both to immigrants and to citizens.

Imagine if you needed government approval to live with the one you love! What a completely unreasonable intervention into the private lives of ordinary people. Oh wait, that's the actual reality immigrants live in.

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upvoteby seneca26 minutes ago|
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Yes, I see, you don't believe in countries or borders. I disagree with you, fundamentally, as do basically all Americans.
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upvoteby alephnerd2 hours ago|
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What policies lol.

We lobbied where we needed to. Now we're bankrolling Trump's Venezuela [0] and "Drill Baby Drill" [1] policy and bankrolling Iowa [2] and Montana GOP's [3] agricultural exports. We also greenlit multiple Trump Towers projects [4][5][6][7].

This is how a trade war is fought.

Policymaking is always secondary to politics. That's why I left the policy space to climb the ladder in business.

[0] - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-talk...

[1] - https://www.livemint.com/companies/ongc-exxonmobil-collabora...

[2] - https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/2025-09-16/gov-reyno...

[3] - https://www.daines.senate.gov/2026/01/20/daines-travels-to-i...

[4] - https://www.trump.com/residential-real-estate-portfolio/trum...

[5] - https://www.trump.com/residential-real-estate-portfolio/trum...

[6] - https://www.trump.com/residential-real-estate-portfolio/trum...

[7] - https://www.trump.com/residential-real-estate-portfolio/trum...

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