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I proudly stand with Brad Smith:
The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, took a notable stand. He said not only will his company lobby for a legislative solution but also that Microsoft is calling on Congress to make immigration the top priority, before tax reform. And he is calling on other business leaders to follow suit.
"There is nothing that we will be pushing on more strongly for Congress to act on," Smith said in an interview with NPR. "We put a stake in the ground. We care about a tax reform bill. The entire business community cares about a tax reform. And yet it is very clear today a tax reform bill needs to be set aside until the DREAMers are taken care of. They have a deadline that expires in six months. Tax reform can wait."
Smith also said if the government moves to deport DREAMers who are Microsoft employees, "it's going to have to go through us to get that person."
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/05/548686695/250-apple-employees-among-thousands-at-risk-from-daca-cancellation
shenmue
(38,605 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(102,007 posts)Control-Z
(15,686 posts)I hope they run with your suggestion.
Lithos
(26,656 posts)They are going to have to run Linux given that Tim Cook is apparently taking the exact same position as Microsoft and almost every other Technology company here.
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Note: I love Linux, however, it does require a modicum of experience to setup and run.
Initech
(109,266 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)yardwork
(69,643 posts)Business leaders insisting that immigration have priority over tax "reform" will get the Republicans' attention.
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