In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:07:29 +0000
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> US Congress members push Gates's line on visas
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> | Texan Republican Lamar Smith then stepped in with an
> | even more radical bill, called the Strengthening United
> | States Technology and Innovation Now (or Sustain) Act
> | in which he urged the House to triple the H-1B cap from
> | 65,000 to 195,000 for 2008 and 2009.
> `----
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/h1b_reform_bills_gates/
>
> This is ridiculous. They kill an economy for the sake of
> a corporation. Are corporations above the government now?
Microsoft's yearly revenue of $57.9B places it somewhere
near Kenya and Serbia, 85th or so in the country ranking
list.
Exxon Mobil's revenue of $361.71B places it neatly between
Belgium (30) and Malaysia (31).
This should make people rather nervous.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=XOM
(Note: these rankings are apparently as of 2001, so take
them with a grain of salt.)
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