Facebook’s Zuckerberg to Meet With Top House Republicans

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Source: Bloomberg

Facebook Inc. (FB) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been pushing for a revision of U.S. immigration law, plans to meet with the top four Republicans in the House next week in Washington.

The meeting, scheduled for Sept. 19, will include House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, Whip Kevin McCarthy and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, the head of the Republican conference, according to two leadership aides who weren’t authorized to speak publicly.

Topics of discussion will include a range of issues such as Internet privacy, the economy, a revision of the tax system and changes to immigration law, according to one of the aides.

“Mark is coming to Washington to discuss issues important to the knowledge economy, including immigration reform,” Jodi Seth, a Facebook spokeswoman based in Washington, said in an e-mail. Seth said she couldn’t confirm any private meetings.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-11/facebook-s-zuckerberg-to-meet-with-top-house-republicans.html

[KansDem]

1. I wonder if this has anything to do with the TPP?

[TygrBright]

2. I think it has a lot more to do with 2014. n/t

[gopiscrap]

4. Hope he doesn't fund a bunch of GOP assholes

[KansDem]

6. Hadn't thought of that!

I wonder what he'll want in return? Cheap tech workers?

[Jesus Malverde]

12. Mark has immigration reform as his pet project...nt

[Scuba]

3. Do you think they'll ask him to pay his taxes?

[Safetykitten]

5. the knowledge economy expert...that's what we are calling billionares now?

The scumbag kind?

[Bjorn Against]

7. I really hope Facebook goes the way of MySpace

I have an account because so many people that I know are on it, but if there were an alternate service I could convince everyone to switch to I would do it in a heartbeat. I don't trust Zuckerberg for a minute.

[arcane1]

8. What does he know about those topics? How can he and the republicans ever find common ground?

Well, he's probably interested in "immigration reform" because a company can save money by contracting their IT out to other companies that rent-out temps and contractors, many of which are here on a visa of some kind, and are paid less (and with fewer benefits) than if they were hired directly.

Plus, you can send one packing and just call the company and say "send me another one" with ease.

At work, I've heard the words "outsource" and "offshore" so many times in the past few years. In fact, I'm told that our goal is explicitly to outsource/offshore 40% of our operations by the end of next year.

I'm just a lowly entry-level employee. I don't make money for our company, I help it to operate. I'm in operations.

In my department, there are over a dozen actual employees, and one contractor who has been with us for four years. We have tried and tried to get management to hire him, but they do everything they can to keep him as a contractor, and thus not have to pay a little more to give him the position he has earned several times over.

From what I've heard, this practice is common.

I would imagine the CEO of a "tech" company like Facebook would only meet with congressional representatives to talk "immigration reform" in order to arrange lower wages.

If he's meeting with them to discuss taxes, well, that's obvious.

"Discussing the economy" is just a buzz-word for the intangible "markets" we cannot access, but for which we bear the burden.

The idea that he's meeting with them to discuss "internet privacy" is such an obvious joke that even the worst comedian wouldn't dare use it.

[PSPS]

9. "Rather than pay my taxes, here. I'll just pay you."

[Kennah]

10. Maybe he has pics of top GOOPers fucking goats

[corkhead]

11. Hoodie & the Blowhards