Marcus Courtney writes at Washtech.org

Washington D.C. - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told U.S. Senators today that the country is facing an “acute crisis” in its shortage of engineering professionals and those professionals with the right skills will be guaranteed a good paying job.

Gates declared, “The demand worldwide will guarantee them all jobs. Anyone in the United States, not only will they have a high paying job; they will create many around them. We are increasing our employment.”

Gates’ rare appearance before the Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Committee today urged passage of a bill titled “Strengthening American Competitiveness for the 21st Century.” The committee only heard testimony from the Microsoft Chairman.

On a number of occasions during the hearing Gates cited the salary figure of $100,000 as what his company is paying engineering professionals.

Now, you can just look at the records of Microsoft’s visa applications and it is pretty easy to see that Microsoft isn’t paying $100,000 per year for most of its foreign employees. To put this into perspective, registered nurses in the Seattle area earn around $40/hour.

The only senator that showed any backbone with respect to interactions with
the mogul Gates was Socialist Bernie Sanders. Anne Broache writes at ZDNet:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) came the closest to a clash with the Microsoft chairman. The senator expressed concern about the extent to which the information technology sector has engaged in outsourcing over the past few years, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics figures reporting that the U.S. tech sector lost 644,000 jobs between January 2001 and 2006.

“I think you would probably agree that many major corporations, including your own, if they can hire qualified labor, engineers, scientists in India or China for a fraction of the wages being paid in the U.S., they are going to go there,” Sanders said.

Gates got adulation from folks like Teddy Kennedy and Orrin Hatch suitably reflecting the level of campaign contributions coming from Microsoft.

Now, the scam here of course, Gates makes his money in large part by diluting the value of other American’s citizenship rights. The current value of each H-1b visa is around $100,000–and Gates pays a fraction of that for each one he uses. Adjusting the prices of these visas would be a step in the right direction, but strong measures are needed to address the existence of the predatory wealthy in the United States. Measures should include enactment of direct taxes on large estates like those of Mr. Gates.

Photo: Thousands illegal alien Irish and their advocates lobbied Washington on March 7. Senator Clinton is shown with her new Legalize The Irish t-shirt.


Of all the arrogant ethnic groups who believe that their history (or IQ or geography) makes them too special to obey US immigration law, the Irish deserve unique condemnation. There are around 50,000 illegal Irish squatting in this country — a low number considering there may be 20 - 30 million foreigners unlawfully residing here.

Yet the Irish are enthusiastically engaged in lobbying for an illegal alien amnesty for tens of millions which, if enacted, will exacerbate the destruction of traditional American culture and will end any hope of curtailing the invasion of adversaries from Mexico to Iran. A wholesale amnesty with rubberstamp admittance procedures will certainly admit future terrorists, as has happened in previous amnesties. But the Irish apparently don’t regard these threats to America’s national security and cultural values as important when measured against the convenience of a relative handful of Irish illegals.

Some illegal Irish say they love America. But they have a funny way of showing it, namely by aligning themselves with the open-borders agenda of our worst enemies. They say they want to join the American community but regard pro-sovereignty patriots as “know-nothings.”

Memo to Paddy: the majority of citizens want immigration to be legal, controlled and reduced.

No surprise that Irish ethnic publishing has a cheerful view of shredding American’s borders:

The rebirth of the McCain/Kennedy immigration reform bill on Capitol Hill looks this week as if it will coincide with St. Patrick’s festivities in Washington next week.

And the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform is rallying in Washington today in an effort to spur legislators into action on an issue seen as central to the future of the Irish community in the United States.
[McCain/Kennedy bill may get St. Patrick's unveiling, The Irish Echo March 7-13, 2007]

For genuine immigration reform to occur, the would-be legal immigrant patiently waiting his turn in his home country must be given a better deal than the noisy millions of illegals demanding amnesty. That means deportation, not reward, for lawbreakers.

All illegal aliens must go to the end of the line in order to enter America. And that line must start in the home country.

Deport the illegal Irish.