Thread: Bill Gates to push Congress for H-1Bs on March 12

Put your money where your mouth is, Gates!!! Instead of building colossal doomsday seed banks near the North Pole along with your newfound friends, the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, try spending some of that $1.5 billion a year which is legally necessary for you to spend per year on charitable projects around the world to maintain its tax free charitable status on AMERICA, AMERICAN RESEARCH, AND THE EDUCATION OF AMERICAN CHILDREN SO THEY CAN WORK FOR YOUR FRICKIN' COMPANY IN THE FUTURE!!!!!

I thought the same thing. It's great he's a philanthropist and give tons of his own money to charity, but why not here in the US? Why not Katrina people? Why not homeless people, especially the vets? Why not the elderly that are so destitute? I don't get it.....

Gates testified last March before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, warning that the U.S. was risking its global leadership role because of insufficient investments in research and education, as well as the problems that companies face in hiring foreign workers.

What makes Bill Gates such an expert on the subject?

Where does this man live? In a bubble?

Bill Gates has made his concerns about American workers clear. This multi-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ traitor has made it known that he wants CHEAP LABOR, and he intends to get it. Why?

Since when did Bill Gates start being concerned about paying the salary of anyone? He can own anyone he wants. It cant be just about paying the difference between an American or a foreigner to do the same job.

The answer just cant be about GREED. It has to be something else. But What?

Does he want to be known as a great prophet or something? It is just mind boggling.

Originally Posted by butterbean

Bill Gates has made his concerns about American workers clear. This multi-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ traitor has made it known that he wants CHEAP LABOR, and he intends to get it. Why?


The answer just cant be about GREED. It has to be something else. But What?

He's shooting for Forbes "World's Trillionaires" list next year!

NO MORE FOREIGN workers' visas! If there is ANYTHING OUR country does NOT need ANY MORE of, it is FOREIGNERS!

Originally Posted by carolinamtnwoman

Originally Posted by butterbean

Bill Gates has made his concerns about American workers clear. This multi-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ traitor has made it known that he wants CHEAP LABOR, and he intends to get it. Why?


The answer just cant be about GREED. It has to be something else. But What?

He's shooting for Forbes "World's Trillionaires" list next year!

It's ironic that the richest people are The Cheapest Bastards on the planet.

It's also ironic that his last name is gates. So, after achieving his American dream he is the gate keeper to stop Americans from living their hopes and dreams.

What a role model - how to be one of the richest and cheapest human slime in the world.

Hi Ceelyn,

Here's the Washtech analysis of Gates' upcoming visit to DC.

RUIN OUR LIVES, FASTER!
BILL GATES DEMANDS MORE NON-IMMIGRANTS
to destroy our middle class!
You can bet your a$$, Sen Cornyn will buy into this line of crap!
Recommendation:
INFORM SEN CORNYN THAT BILL GATES IS NOT ON OUR BALLOTS!
INFORM SEN CORNYN THAT HE AND BILL GATES ARE BOTH WRONG,
DEAD WRONG!
damn Kennedy liberal!

Washtech correspondent

Seattle, March 09

Originally Posted by Washtech

Bill Gates, on March 12, is heading over to Capitol Hill to ask
for an increased cap on H1B visas. This visit is another, in a
series of several, that have made foreign workers smile
contentedly at having found such a vocal, visible and clout
carrying ally. But ask the typical American IT worker about
his/her work life, and words like unemployment, depression,
anxiety, "apply to 6,000 jobs", "3 hour commute" and
"60-hour-workweek", come tumbling out from the get go.

Toni Chester, a Sr. Lotus Notes/Domino Developer and a single
parent, based out of Bloomsbury, New Jersey says, "I am outraged
that outsourcing and H1B visa holders are taking jobs away from
Americans. I was displaced by a guest worker in August 2001. I
have been frequently unemployed since, working super short term
contracts where no benefits were given, worked assignments where
the end result is off-shore outsourcing to India, and in fact, I
am told that my current assignment will be outsourced to India
in December, 2008. Many times I have not been able to pay my
bills. Before 2001, attractive, long term contracts that offered
challenge, job growth, high compensation, benefits, mental
stimulation, skill enhancement were available to me. Now they've
all vanished! I have a degree in Applied Mathematics and a
Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics; my work history is
spotless, and yet, I am unable to find a full time job today!"

Anthony Bravos, a software consultant unemployed for the last
two years, living in Woodstock, IL, says, "Outsourcing and cheap
foreign labor on H-1B visas have flooded the employment market
with virtually millions of young & cheap workers, putting middle
aged Americans out of work. Outsourcing works in conjunction
with H1B visas to facilitate age discrimination in America."
Bravos says American universities are among the best in the
world, attracting a dizzying amount of students from around the
world each year. "Gates has stated he wants to see a visa
stapled to every foreign student's diploma. But what about the
American students? Where should they go? America is the only
country that put man on the moon, on the strength of American
programmers and engineers. Gates wants cheap, foreign labor, who
is eager to follow commands, doesn't ask questions, doesn't
demand benefits, and higher salaries based on experience." Kim
Berry of www.programmersguild.org , says he has been monitoring
over 3,000 resumes belonging to well qualified American IT
workers, being sent to Microsoft, and not a single one has
received even an interview call!

Gates' persistence on increasing the H1B visa cap also was on
display on the Charlie Rose show, when speaker Nancy Pelosi
said, "He (Gates) is always talking to us about that. The
solution is simple, we could just staple a green card to their
[foreign students] diploma. Increasing H-1B visas is
controversial, but we want those students to stay here."

From California to Pennsylvania, Florida to Washington, IT
workers have near identical stories of unemployment, low pay, no
benefits, long commute hours and how they are teaching their
children to not consider majoring in IT. Another common
sentiment? "America's humiliation. Our country is being stripped
of it's capabilities to compete globally," says Bob Garrett, an
ERP Data Warehousing implementation consultant, in Philadephia.
A lot of IT workers share the sentiment that the American IT
worker is being shamelessly nickel and dimed at ferocious speeds
countrywide. Chester says she has been forced to hoard money to
ride her through the next, inevitable unemployment cycle. This
gives her anxiety, and hence, she says she has been forced to
take any and all contract job opportunities that come her way,
often times making her commute a 2 hour drive each way. "I can
not even see my son on many days, he's asleep when I get in and
I leave before he wakes up. And remember, I am a single parent,"
she says.

Garrett says, "Until 1999, I was able to find employment easily.
Today, that is not so. Many times, these foreign laborers are
not qualified, or fake experience, for the job. There are fewer
and fewer IT management opportunities. I wonder what our next
president is going to do about this."

There seems to be a fine line to cross between what one person
may call corporate greed, and another person may call profit.
Profit, in this case, is going to a select few people at the
top, while middle class white collar America is suffering
inspite of having education and professional experience. Bravos
says, "The whole point of outsourcing is for the Corporate
bosses to pit workers from developing nations against workers in
developed nations; to put us out of business, and make a ton of
money for themselves at our, the economy & the nation's,
expense. Outsourcing is putting America in a race to the
bottom."

Disgusting cheap NERD!!!!!!!

Here's a different take on things:

Love it, PhredE!!! Why don't you forward it to Microsoft???

I just read an article yesterday from a high shcool senior about how the school system had dropped just about all technical programs at his school. Seems school districts are having money problems and these are the first to get cut. MOD EDIT So why does not Mr moneybags Gates spend just a little of his billions and recruit some of our own most talented students and start his own tech school or something? It's not like he doesn't have the resourses... how about contribute back to the country that made you rich MOD EDIT?