Posted on 07/11/2014 6:04:22 AM PDT by cotton1706
Three billionaires who have donated to opposite parties teamed up Thursday to urge Congress to pass immigration reform, saying current policy is irrational.
The current stalemate in Congress on immigration reform is depressing the rest of the country, wrote Sheldon Adelson, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
"The three of us vary in our politics and would differ also in our preferences about the details of an immigration reform bill," They wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times. "But we could without doubt come together to draft a bill acceptable to each of us." Casino magnate Adelson is a major financer of Republicans, donating millions of dollars in 2012 to super-PACs supporting GOP presidential candidates. Buffett and Gates have supported President Obama during his time in office.
The trio urged the House to draft legislation and pass a bill that could be negotiated with the comprehensive Senate package passed last year, something House Republicans have repeatedly balked at.
"The current stalemate — in which greater pride is attached to thwarting the opposition than to advancing the nation’s interests — is depressing to most Americans and virtually all of its business managers," they wrote. "The impasse certainly depresses the three of us."
They endorsed a number of provisions, including a path to citizenship for some living in the country illegally. They also supported provisions in the Senate bill that would give incentive to foreigners who study in the United States to stay.
Further, they called for reforms to the immigrant investors program, which is meant to allow grant visas to wealthy investors to bring their "substantial and enduring purchasing power" to the United States.
The program is currently plagued by reports of fraud, they said.
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Or are they just attempting to be grandiose with OUR TAXPAYER money?
Eff 'em.
Adelson is worth what, 27 billion dollars?
Why can’t this cheap bastard hire AMERICAN citizens at higher wages to clean his freakin’ Vegas hotels, instead of illegal aliens?
Gates wants to drive down wages so he can hire cheaper sw engineers.
Buffet makes most of his $$$ in mandated insurance. More people, more $$$.
Third guy owns many of the hotels in Vegas. He needs cheap labor.
If they’re so depressed, I would recommend that each place the barrel of a large-calibre pistol in their mouth, angle it downward slightly so as to cover the brainstem area, and pull the trigger.
Rich people problems. Not enough pawns for the billionaire lefties to play with.
I have news for these three. Amnesty is NOT immigration reform. Today, just following the actual laws already passed would be immigration reform. DUH!
To watch these guys is truly frustrating.
Mr. Adelson is a great believer in Israel and its security.
I wonder how he would feel if millions of Arabs or “Palestinians” were illegally crossing the border into Israel to work....
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