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 How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon Valley [More]

Haven't Covid shutdowns proven that most of these jobs can be done remotely via telework? Why do they need to physically live here?

The humane thing to do would be to not force them to leave their homes and extended families and friends, and to pay them what they'd be paid here, allowing them to share the wealth with their countrymen based on products and services they would now be in a position to pay for locally. That is assuming qualified Americans can't be found, since the Preamble requires government actons "to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."

Could it be there is some other agenda...?

[Via Michael G]

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 Rekha Basu: Now is not the time to get rid of gun permit rules. Please don't sign the bill, Governor. [More]

Her again. Y'know, if she doesn't like it here, she could always go back to India, where they still discriminate against "untouchables" (except it seems they've also imported that vile bigotry here).

It figures this appears in The Des Moines Register, Part of the USA Today network, and a Gannett Publication. It's the same paper that published a call for gun owners to be killed, yet somehow, in their quest to be fair and balanced, couldn't ostracize The Gunwriter, Lee Williams fast enough.

[Via Mark L]