[fishhound]

He seems to say they are filfulling jobs that would help us keep our edge then at the last he says...

“These reforms do not pit US workers against those foreign born,” he said. “Far from displacing US workers, highly skilled foreign-born workers will continue to function as they always have: as job creators.”

Which is it Bill?

[tkathy]

What a pile of BS! How about training our OWN people for jobs???

[avacado]

Bill Gates, the chairman of Micro­soft, on Wednesday warned that restrictions on the number of skilled workers allowed to enter the US puts the country’s competitiveness at risk. his company at risk of having to pay higher salaries.

[TChris]

Which is it Bill?

What do you mean? His statement seems to me to be self-consistent, and accurate to boot.

If we adopt a protectionist attitude toward competition in the labor market, we're simply socialists.

It doesn't matter what market you try socialism on, it still doesn't work.

Artificial restrictions on the labor market will have exactly the same effect as restrictions on any other market: it will increase costs and multiply the underlying problems.

[Vigilanteman]

Oh yes, Bill . . .

And while we are being so international, why is it that a Microsoft Package I buy in India is so much cheaper and clearly states "Licensed only for use in India"?

I'd be breaking the law by using it in the United States.

[OpusatFR]

Skilled, educated people are always welcome. Problem is that our CONgress puts limits on the skilled and has a wide open border policy for the ignorant, uneducated, unskilled, welfare dependent, and in many cases criminals.

Go figure.

[Jake The Goose]

Bill Gates is not stupid - the man knows what he's talking about.

Better look carefully into what he is saying before we react.

Also - we would all do well to walk the halls of Microsoft, Google, IBM, SAP, and the other tech giants.

Their technical offices are not filled with WASP's - they are filled with Asians, Indians, Russians, etc.

Get the picture?

[Jake The Goose]

Bill Gates is not stupid - the man knows what he's talking about.

Better look carefully into what he is saying before we react.

Also - we would all do well to walk the halls of Microsoft, Google, IBM, SAP, and the other tech giants.

Their technical offices are not filled with WASP's - they are filled with Asians, Indians, Russians, etc.

Get the picture?

[Republicus2001]

just doing the jobs Americans refuse to do...

[GOP_1900AD]

Hey Billy Boy, I know of some really excellent programmers in NW Pakistan you'll want to get in here. Some ones in Syria as well ... /s

[sick1]

Why is that a difficult concept? I've worked for a number of businesses (including Sun Microsystems) that was founded by foreign labor.

[Tax Government]

Nonsense, Bill Gates. You have every right to locate facilities abroad to avoid visa curbs. You offshore aggressively. You care not one little bit for the welfare of Americans in technical occupations.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Bill Gates wants cheap labor too. It is also lot easier to deal with visa slaves than paying more attention and money to Prima Donna American programmers.

Gates would fit right in with Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller as a 19th century robber barron.

[RightWhale]

Seeing BG invest billions in India indicates that he doesn't need to import skills at all since he can employ them where they are. Still, his expertise at foreign policy is probably at least as good as the average programmer's.

[amchugh]

I've worked with a lot of H1-B visa guys in the computer software field. They are just as good or bad as American workers, but some of them have told me horror stories about abusive companies that use the H1-B process to abuse their staff. The salary, time worked, etc... change after they come here (paying their own relocation costs), and then they cannot easily afford to quit and fly back home.

Bear in mind that the alternative for most employers to hiring immigrants is outsourcing. Even though outsourcing is often a disaster, companies look at the cost per hour of labor and think that is all the analysis they need to do.

I think the H1-B process needs some reform though.

[Herakles]

It's time fat ass Bill Gates and his buddies take some of their money and entice the sons and daughters of US citizens to develop the skills they want for nothing.

The following is a letter I sent to my congress man;

RE: Gates warns on US immigration curbs


Dear Sir,

The riches man in the world made the following statement on Wednesday;

Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, on Wednesday warned that restrictions on the number of skilled workers allowed to enter the US put the country’s competitiveness at risk.

I do not agree with this statement and I know you do and request you consider voting to limit quotas for skilled workers.

I’ve just spent in the neighborhood of $40,000 a year for my son’s education, and this pompous fat rich business man wants the Congress to limit my son’s future earnings because he claims that the golden ox of technology (his ox) will be gored.

Well this totally ticks me off! Listen, if bill (the riches man in the world) Gates wants my son to be slave labor, then I suggest he and the RICH PEOPLE like him give up their wealth just to be fair.

Furthermore, why would ANYONE in this country in his right mind even think of spending $40,000 a year to get an education so they could get slave wages to help out our good old buddy Bill Gates or anyone like him? I suggest good old bill spend his money building a university and recruiting the sons and daughters of US citizens to get the eduction and skills he wants the rest of us to provide for free.

I’m really tired of these clowns wanting something for nothing while at the same time making money off the backs of people like my son! I’m also tired of the Republicans buying into these hollow and lame arguments.

If the Republicans continue this course, they will even become more irrelevant with future elections.

IF BILL GATES AND HIS BUDDIES WANT SOMEONE TO DO THEIR WORK, IT’S TIME HE PAID AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DO IT IN ORDER TO CREATE THE SKILLS HERE AND NOT ABROAD.

I URGE YOU NOT TO LISTEN TO THIS CLOWN AND VOTE TO RESTICT SKILLED IMMIGRATION QUOTAS.

[jetson]

Bill Gates = jackass...he's out!

[Old_Mil]

Well Bill, we haven't curbed immigration yet and Vista still stinks. So your point is...?

[GingisK]

“driving away the world’s best and brightest precisely when we need them most”....

Do something to retain the skill that built your $%$#@ company, Bill. You are throwing them away in fovor of cheap labor. I won't buy any more of your crap unless it is "made in America" by Americans.

[KoRn]

H-1Bull Sh1t! ping

[I_Love_My_Husband]

BUNCH OF BULL$%%%%

I know some computer people UNEMPLOYED right now BILL and YOU HAVEN'T HIRED THEM!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr