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Break the Immigration Impasse - by Sheldon Adelson, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates
Link to article: Break the Immigration Impasse
AMERICAN citizens are paying 535 people to take care of the legislative needs of the country. We are getting shortchanged. Here’s an example: On June 10, an incumbent congressman in Virginia lost a primary election in which his opponent garnered only 36,105 votes. Immediately, many Washington legislators threw up their hands and declared that this one event would produce paralysis in the United States Congress for at least five months. In particular, they are telling us that immigration reform — long overdue — is now hopeless.
Americans deserve better than this.
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Buffett Likens Debt Fight To 'nuclear Bombs'
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Warren Buffett On Cnbc
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Surge In Rich Chinese Who ‘invest’ In U.s. Citizenship
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Leucadia 2010 Letter To Shareholders
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Bill Gates And Warren Buffett Discuss "creative Capitalism"
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