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May all your wishes come true in the new year. Also, let the dogs finally understand that they have no reason to attack you. I wish you all the best. These criticisms of yours and honest presentation of your position are simply priceless. God bless you

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Thank you, Alex. So far, so good with the dogs. It's been cold enough that people mostly keep them in the house. One good thing about winter. 😂

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If Musk were a team player, Trump could put him somewhere and say, "Clean house."

Musk could get it done, but just like Trump, he loves the sound of his own voice.

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He has a place, DOGE. Musk would be celebrated (and attacked) hugely if he shut down the DoE, the DoEnergy, cleaned out the bureaucracy, etc. Trump would get credit for appointing him, but Musk would be the main guy.

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We will see how it goes with DOGE. I am very skeptical of them being able to achieve anything of substance, but then again I am older and I've seen other reformers go down in flames trying to fix DC.

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Some questions to ponder:

1. Why is the H1-B issue SO important to Elon?

2. Why didn't Elon & Vivek lay low and push their desired policies later, when it could be camouflaged by an avalanche of unrelated activity?

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They have a picture of how much they pay American guys to do certain jobs in IT and what they pay for H one B and it’s significant. They only have to pay half or sometimes less to Indian workers. And those Indian workers won’t stick up for their rights or for the rights of anyone.

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The Indians do far more than that to non-Indian workers. Give this a read:

https://www.brightworkresearch.com/how-indian-it-workers-discriminate-against-non-indian-workers/

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Good questions, I do not know. It seemed odd to me too, but then again Elon is autistic, and they tend to have emotional meltdowns sometimes when people tell them no about something they want. Bannon called Elon an infant, and that is probably accurate.

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The H-1B spat was useful. It was a reminder that it's not just about crime and illegal immigration. I hope Trump gets the message.

Elon's backtrack of a minimum wage and a fee is a good start -- as long as that fee is high enough.

The United States started the computer age. Today 70% of Silicon Valley workers are foreign born. A Great Replacement has already happened.

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I saw that some people were letting Trump have it on Truth Social on the visa issue. Good! He needs to know the base wants that program changed or utterly destroyed. The more criticism he gets, the better.

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query: "Is Trump already tired of Elon?"

answer: A really big showww!

-- PT Barnum

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