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Jay wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

I can't remember in which thread I predicted it but here it is:

Two US senators have proposed a plan to offer visas for foreigners buying homes worth $500,000 or more.

Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Mike Lee, sponsoring a bill, say it is a move to increase housing demand.

The proposal is similar to an existing Green Card program for foreigners who invest at least $500,000 in an American business that creates at least 10 jobs.

The US Chamber of Commerce has announced its support for the new legislation proposal.

"Our housing market will never begin a true recovery as long as our housing stock so greatly exceeds demand. This is not a cure-all, but it could be part of the solution," said Mr Schumer, a Democrat from New York.

Mr Lee, a Republican from Utah, described the bill as a "free market method for increasing demand for housing".

The proposal would provide a three-year residential visa for foreign owners.

Prospective buyers would need to spend at least $250,000 on one property that would serve as their primary residence, and could make up the $500,000 requirement with additional rental properties.

To qualify for the visa, however, the purchases must be in cash, and the owners would have to reside at the primary residences for 180 days out of the year.

They would also have to apply for a separate work visa in order to be employed in the US, and would not be eligible for government aid programs.

"The bill does not limit people from being productive," Mr Schumer said. "It simply prevents them from coming here and taking jobs that otherwise would go to Americans."

The idea has also been supported by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

"If you wanted to change your immigration policy so that you let 500,000 families in but they have to have a significant net worth and everything, you'd solve things very quickly," Mr Buffett told PBS's Charlie Rose in August.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15406776
I guess the 'free-market' needs a bit of govt help now and then

To overcome protectionist immigration policies? Umm, ok.

Macbeth wrote:

It would also be nice if we gave work visas to foreign students who complete school here.

Macbeth wrote:

It would also be nice if we gave work visas to foreign students who complete school here. Sending them back overseas after they finish an engineering or other science degree is just dumb.

Jay wrote:

To overcome protectionist immigration policies? Umm, ok.

Bloomberg wrote:

Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest Internet retailer, reported a plunge in third-quarter profit after it ramped up spending on new products such as the Kindle Fire tablet. The shares tumbled 19 percent in late trading.

Net income fell 73 percent to $63 million, or 14 cents a share, from $231 million, or 51 cents, a year earlier, the Seattle-based company said today in a statement. That missed the 24 cents predicted by analysts, according to Bloomberg data. Amazon also said it may post an operating loss this quarter.

The company also is suffering from soaring shipping expenses, he said. One reason: a rise in customers using Amazon’s Prime program, which offers unlimited two-day shipping for $79 a year.

FEOS wrote:

Commie Killer wrote:

13urnzz wrote:

US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled

From the article: "The B53's disassembly ends the era of big megaton bombs, he said. The bombs' size helped compensate for their lack of accuracy. Today's bombs are smaller but more precise, reducing the amount of collateral damage, Kristensen said."

Right. So now we can only take out a large city in one hit, not a huge city. Much less collateral damage. Fucking morons.

How the fuck did we end up so brainwashed as to think that MAD is actually a sane concept to live by?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Just because you and your neighbor are both pointing guns at each others heads does not mean you are safe. You're assuming people, in this case governments, are rational, unemotional, well-informed, and infallible. What happens when he stumbles. Does he pull the trigger going down?

So you're saying MAD didn't work?

Did we have a nuclear war and we just missed it?

Commie Killer wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Commie Killer wrote:

From the article: "The B53's disassembly ends the era of big megaton bombs, he said. The bombs' size helped compensate for their lack of accuracy. Today's bombs are smaller but more precise, reducing the amount of collateral damage, Kristensen said."

Right. So now we can only take out a large city in one hit, not a huge city. Much less collateral damage. Fucking morons.

How the fuck did we end up so brainwashed as to think that MAD is actually a sane concept to live by?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Just because you and your neighbor are both pointing guns at each others heads does not mean you are safe. You're assuming people, in this case governments, are rational, unemotional, well-informed, and infallible. What happens when he stumbles. Does he pull the trigger going down?

So you're saying MAD didn't work?

Did we have a nuclear war and we just missed it?

Did you notice that we still have missiles pointed at eachother?

Commie Killer wrote:

13urnzz wrote:

US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled

From the article: "The B53's disassembly ends the era of big megaton bombs, he said. The bombs' size helped compensate for their lack of accuracy. Today's bombs are smaller but more precise, reducing the amount of collateral damage, Kristensen said."

Right. So now we can only take out a large city in one hit, not a huge city. Much less collateral damage. Fucking morons.

How the fuck did we end up so brainwashed as to think that MAD is actually a sane concept to live by?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Just because you and your neighbor are both pointing guns at each others heads does not mean you are safe. You're assuming people, in this case governments, are rational, unemotional, well-informed, and infallible. What happens when he stumbles. Does he pull the trigger going down?

AussieReaper wrote:

It just meant you ended up fighting proxy wars. Like Vietnam.