Paying Bill Gates would have a much bigger impact.
I mean, what if you weren't there to cover the bill and he starved to death?
Then all his charitable organizations would stop.

Just sayin.

tailgater wrote:

Say a young women with small children is in front of you at the grocery check out and she's come up short money-wise and she's scrounging through her purse looking for more money and having the clerk remove items to bring the total down... so you say hey, not only am I gonna cover the amount you're short, I'm gonna take care of the whole thing... lets say it's $200...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

I guess the tourism numbers for the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and adjacent parts of NY/NJ are gonna plunge, except for Norwegians going for a test drive...

I'm sure Norway is full of good people, now that a person like Anders Brevik, who shot up an island full of teenagers, killing 77, is in custody...

Trump's NY properties just took a hit...did Eric just say "thanks a lot, Dad"...

delta1 wrote:

Where do you buy your groceries? Just askin'...

HuckFinn wrote:

While victor is getting excited about fat schoolboys, we should be talking about WHY the Presidents comments were bad even considering his history of lacking a filter when speaking.

This wasn't a closed door private meeting.
Using such strong language leaves zero room for compromise, which is what a negotiation is supposed to evolve around.

A lot of charitable hours have been spent trying to help the poor people of Haiti (for instance). Hearing the President dismiss it with one breath is more than disheartening, it's the thing that revolutions are based on.

I don't usually care about hurt feelings or being politically correct (I know. Gasp!).
This is about respect.

tailgater wrote:

Make a difference in the world by giving aid, etc. Our immigration policy should be about making America a better country to live in.

Phil222 wrote:

This is the worst thing to ever come out of the WH!!!

Wait, didn't some guy get a hummer there?

Kawak wrote:

I kind of agree... I think we're made better by an immigration policy of accepting the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of all teeming shores...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

I think we can all agree that Indiana is a lost cause, but there are 195 countries in the world and we only seem to focus on a small number of those. And I'm not just talking about where they come from but who we're taking. I'm not looking for a massive overhaul but some tweaks are needed in my opinion.

Phil222 wrote:

sad yet expected deflection attempt aside, I've been reading here that it wouldn't be a problem if it isn't made public...or is that just for GOP?

frankj1 wrote:

George J. Borjas has written a lot of articles and books discussing what impact low-skilled immigration has on our country. Some consider him the foremost expert on the subject. For anyone interested check him out. I don't want anyone to think that I'm advocating to stop taking in low-skilled labor.

Phil222 wrote:

I would just like to see us spread it around to other countries and be smarter about the numbers. If we believe in a nation state with borders, then we have an obligation to our citizens and current immigrants to make decisions that have the least amount of negative impact on them as possible.

Phil222 wrote: