> International students are the biggest money-spinners for universities

That is exactly the problem.

Stanford University owns 7 private jets for “administrative use”. The fuck?

Perhaps cut the free money from international students, then universities can finally focus on producing research, or god forbid, educating students.

Do you have a cite for Stanford University owning any private jets?

> That decision was expanding rights, not removing them.

Theft of personal property under US$10,000 is no longer a crime.

Survival of the fittest, as nature intended.

Expanded rights, therefore good.

Expanded rights for some at the direct expense of others. That's not the same as simply expanding rights, unless you count other people being 'offended' in the same category as someone being physically assaulted or killed.

> That's not the same as simply expanding rights, unless you count other people being 'offended' in the same category as someone being physically assaulted or killed.

Yes, they are the same category.

In US$10,000 property damage, nobody is physically harmed.

Here’s another example, expanded rights:

Anyone holding a 401k, IRA, or pension can purchase single family homes and apartments inside the account, and pay zero capital gains tax and zero rental income tax.

We expanded rights!

Take a guess what this does to the homeless population.

> Anyone holding a 401k, IRA, or pension can purchase single family homes and apartments inside the account, and pay zero capital gains tax and zero rental income tax.

I am not sure on pensions, but this is not true for a 401k. Only an IRA can be used without paying capital gains taxes for a home purchase. Including first time home buyers. Speaking from experience, I learned the hard way the benefit you are describing applies only to an IRA.

To be clear, you are saying that theft of <10k is not a crime..? If you steal an iPad in an airport, you are charged with theft. I don't know where you got that idea. People are charged with theft for much less than 10k daily.

How is damage to a property not physical?

> Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right in the US same as freedom of speech, religion, the press, and the right to sue the government.

And we can amend constitutional rights. It most definitely will happen in our lifetimes.

> Most of us are only citizens because someone up the chain was born under this rule.

And?

You think the world in 2026 is exactly the same as in 1776?

What about slavery? Good idea in 1776 therefore good idea in 2026?

This is not X or blind. You created a new account just to post drivel?

> > Plenty of engineers, born in India/China and working in Silicon Valley, are openly anti-immigration

> This is not X or blind. You created a new account just to post drivel?

Tell me you don’t work at a tech company, without telling me you don’t work at a tech company

Tell me how bitter you are without telling me how bitter you are, anonymously.

You’ve let your bitterness infect your happiness and think no one can see you regurgitating your lack of self worth all over your shirt.

Can we agree these are actions of a coward, you’re attempting to label as democracy and that it accomplishes nothing because no one reading this has authority?

> And my wife's other nationality (Taiwan) also permits foreign spouses to live there after some straightforward paperwork.

Not really.

Taiwan doesn’t like India either.

There’s a reason out of the 1.1 million immigrants/foreigners in Taiwan, only 6,000 are from India.

I’ve never had any trouble going to Taiwan. One of the easier places to go as an Indian who lives here in the US since you have an online form and you get 6 visits of 14 days each and you can do that while you wait for your visa application. My parents also found it quite easy and they live in India.

Also, even with NWOHR it’s not that hard. What trouble did you encounter? Might be useful for me to be aware.