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Pretty much, he is a classic self deluded captain of industry who has gotten rich off the backs of us commoners.

Worse yet, he has bought his way to citizenship and has attempted to steal a public beach, blatantly breaking public access law.

Edit: Holy shit he is squatting on land he has never spent a night at, and regrets the purchase of? What an insolent asshole!



"He has bought his way to citizenship". Are you going to unload that charge on every foreign born entrepreneur who purchases property that's subject to a dispute? You can disagree with his position but the "bought his way to citizenship" allegation is a fairly transparent way of saying something else.


No, just those that literally pay to get citizenship. Vinod didn't marry an American, but instead was awarded his citizenship based on his wealth.

I'm supportive of loosening the immigration and naturalization laws, but we shouldn't allow people to bypass almost the entire process by spending money. As is, people like Pramila Jayapal and Vinod are only getting citizenship as its easily purchaseable, rather than going through the naturalization process.


There's nothing on the record that supports your contention that he was awarded his citizenship based on his wealth. He appears to have followed the tried and true path of many other Indo-Americans - he arrived as a student, worked for an American company and then decided the grass was greener on the entrepreneurial side of the fence. It's more likely than not that somewhere along his journey either he or an employer petitioned for permanent resident status, a fairly normal and non-wealth related step.




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