Jesus! Straight out of the Breitbart playbook. There are valid reasons to shutdown DACA which was a band-aid solution in the first place. But your arguments have to be the most inane bunch of irrelevant points I've ever read.
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Tim Cook Says 250 Apple Employees Are 'Dreamers' as Donald Trump's Decision on DACA Nears
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Jesus! Straight out of the Breitbart playbook. There are valid reasons to shutdown DACA which was a band-aid solution in the first place. But your arguments have to be the most inane bunch of irrelevant points I've ever read.
Lol. Trump doesn't drive me crazy. That's just how he is.#1 You don't follow politics much do you? Politico is a BLOG, not a news source. 2 sources from them could mean the White House gardener and his son or just Politico's left wing people themselves, with the expertise to be familiar with his thinking. HAHA!
#2 Trump ran during his entire campaign against DACA and Obama & Clinton. If he goes through with ending it, he will only be fulfilling a campaign promise that got him elected over his opponents in the first place.
#3 Now if he changes his mind and course out of sympathy or some noble reason, you will still hate him anyway.
Conclusion: You have a lopsided mentality or maybe he's just good at driving you crazy?
I could live with being a billionaire who's crazy and President of the United States.
The fact that people believe that is possible makes you crazy, not him.
I have several liberal relatives who were literally hospitalized when Trump won. They deny he was the cause, but there were no other medical causes found other than increased stress.
So what am I stuck with? Do I buy them Antifa hoodies and ski masks for Christmas?
This is precisely about the letter of the law.
You are absolutely right. If I were in the exact same situation, it would suck for me. And that is precisely why we have laws stating exactly how this sort of situation ought to be handled. So that when the time does come and when we are faced with this exact same situation, we can execute our duties impartially and not let our emotions and feelings affect our judgement and get in the way of doing what needs to be done.
If you feel that a particular law is unjust or unreasonable, then petition to have it changed. But as it currently stands, the law is what it is and it is well within the government's right to enforce it.
You don't have to like the law; you just need to respect it.
If it's "only" 250 employees, Tim should just set them up financially before sending them home. I mean hey, that's just pocket change for him!
Anyway, I wanted to respond to a few thoughts on the first few pages. I promise I'll be brief...
1. It's too good to be fake!
2. The Congress needs to fix immigration.
3. I agree, no more "anchor babies".
But I say we take it a couple steps further: Make EVERYBODY earn their citizenship by performing military service for a certain number of years, and make them KEEP earning it by paying taxes until they reach retirement age or become too unstable to keep a job. Everybody pays something, every year. If you can't pay because you can't hold a job, then you lose the right to vote until you get caught up on your taxes. Then (and only then), I would be in favor of making drugs legal.
Okay, that last comment was a little trollish. But our government education SUCKS so badly (especially in some of our large, (ahem) liberal cities), it could be used as a secret weapon against our enemies! So sue me if you wish, but if your kids don't know what the Constitution and Bill of Rights are, then please send them to a real school!
Anyway, I wanted to respond to a few thoughts on the first few pages. I promise I'll be brief...
Sorry, this doesn't matter. Many of these "Dreamers" have done nothing in the last 5 years to earn their citizenship. Their parents, if they really LOVED their children, would have pressured them to get their citizenship. This will be a hard lesson, but it should be learned by ALL, including the lazy Congress who has done nothing to reform immigration in all these years.
1. It's too good to be fake!
2. The Congress needs to fix immigration.
3. I agree, no more "anchor babies".
But I say we take it a couple steps further: Make EVERYBODY earn their citizenship by performing military service for a certain number of years, and make them KEEP earning it by paying taxes until they reach retirement age or become too unstable to keep a job. Everybody pays something, every year. If you can't pay because you can't hold a job, then you lose the right to vote until you get caught up on your taxes. Then (and only then), I would be in favor of making drugs legal.
Yes they do. This is the right thing to do.
You're right; that's a lot and it needs to be fixed.
You make an excellent point about having access to an American education. But if it was a government education, I worry if we won't be sabotaging their countries when they go home and can't deal with life.
Okay, that last comment was a little trollish.
But our government education SUCKS so badly (especially in some of our large, (ahem) liberal cities), it could be used as a secret weapon against our enemies! So sue me if you wish, but if your kids don't know what the Constitution and Bill of Rights are, then please send them to a real school!
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Apple's products cannot be extracted from their brand. Their brand is full of liberal values that most of their users subscribe to. Maybe you should change your brand loyalty instead of asking Tim to change his company's actual brand?
Their parents gambled on the future and came to the US. You win some, you lose some. If the Democrats wanted they could have pushed an amnesty through, but didn't.
All you Democrats and Latinos should be asking "why."
All you Democrats and Latinos should be asking "why."
You say they should be naturalized. Great! Now go tell Trump that because he has not stated he would ask for legislation that allows them to become naturalized. DACA came about because BO couldn’t get Congress off their asses to address the issue. And guess what? Neither will Trump
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Why only Latinos???? There are plenty of Lilly white people who are here illegally also.
So if Cook was trying to change public policy for 1 disbaled Apple employee for example, that would be worse? What's the difference how many people are involved? Of course he's trying to influence public policy with money, the same way Trump does. Cook might have liberal values you don't agree with but no one (not even Trump supporters) believes for a second that Trump would ever put the U.S. before his own family and own company. It's sad when I trust a corporation's values more than the President of my own country but that's what setting the bar so low will get you.
my thoughts go to the good people among these undocumented immigrants I hope they will find a better and a permanent solution I wish no luck for thugs and criminals
And what does that have to do with the price of tea in china?
OMG!!! The (country X) has a strict immigration policy. Don't buy from them.
OMG!!! This contractor uses illegal immigrants. ICE please.
OMG!!! This company uses DACA personnel. Okay.
DACA was not a permanent solution.
What has Apple done to help their DACA personnel become legalized?
If Tim whining about it is all he is doing ... sad.
Get business money out of politics, haha, good one!
Also, Tim can have a voice for himself. He can be a CEO but he’s also human and an American citizen.
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My ancestors were kicked out of the Rheinland-Pfalz by Cardinal Richelieu, came in a boat to New York, signed an oath of loyalty to the king, and Penn gave him a nice farm out in Indian country. 200 acres. He thought he was king.
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Tell that to the carnival barker you made president, okay?
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if you want business to stay out of politics then why do you support Trump. A businessman who campaigned on the platform that he could run the country like a business, a man who has not yet proven he removed himself from his businesses and he's not making money off his trips to his resorts.
Then Naturlize them!!
This group of people did not make a choice in this picture!...for it to be considered legal or illegal.
Punishing them for what their parantes did??.... That is ludicrous !
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Isn't it amazing? You can't really argue these things with Trump supporters as they typically don't even understand the actual facts of the issue at hand. It's like they can't even make it to square one before they've formed an opinion.
If we deport them, we are punishing them for what their parents did.
If we give them legitimate citizenship, we are (in a sense) rewarding their parents for breaking the law and spitting in the faces of every other immigrant who went through the proper channels to become a US citizen. Will this encourage more people to try the same stunt?
No easy solution to this, IMO.
Nice to see you support illegal activity.Go ahead and ignore me. I won't lose any sleep over it.
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Sure there is. You deport every one of them.
I'm a "dreamer" though zero credit to my current employer , 100% credit to my mother.
Feel free to tell us Tim, what apple does for immigrants like my mother when the arrive , and not for individuals like myself who are companies employ once they are educated and the hard work has been done, reality we are just a resource.
Feel free to tell us Tim, what apple does for immigrants like my mother when the arrive , and not for individuals like myself who are companies employ once they are educated and the hard work has been done, reality we are just a resource.