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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud by neya on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:43AM (#19857300)
The US laws are better than most countries. In Singapore (for example), you have just 30 days to pack your stuff and get out of the country, for instance. And that's hardly enough if you've lived there for years and usually you've accumulated a lot of stuff. It's not even enough time to sell all your stuff. Usually people just give them away for free when they leave the country. I know people who got 49" TVs for a ridiculous $100 from people leaving the country.

At least 60 days is not so bad. Can it be better? Yes, sure. But not bad at all.

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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud by SauciestGNU on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @06:56AM (#19857642)
Singapore is hardly a good counterexample, considering the authoritarian nature of the place. "Disneyland with the death penalty" is a very low standard for freedom and human rights.
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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud by neya on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:00AM (#19857657)
> Disneyland with the death penalty

Haha, that's a unique description and also a good point.

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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud by justin66 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:49AM (#19857920)
https://www.wired.com/1993/04/gibson-2/
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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud by Aeolun on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:24AM (#19857789)
Better than most countries, yes.

Better than most of the western world? Not by far.

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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud by sweeeety on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:54AM (#19857953)
I found the USA visa system much more sensible (yet outdated) than most of European countries I lived in (no European citizen here).

USA, with exception of China and India, have a quite clear and manageable path for citizenship.

Denmark for example is constantly changing its rules because of "cultural" reasons.

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