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To: tbigb who wrote (54637)	12/21/2000 12:29:39 AM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Thanks for giving credit where due. And by the way, Alan Turing, the father of the finite state machine, was gay. More power to minorities! :-) Bottom line is American jobs come first, when the going gets tough. Congress which represents Americans has a responsibility to set policies accordingly. They opened the doors too wide in a period of unusual prosperity. In fact, so wide, that nuclear secrets are leaking out...don't forget those recent incidents. The high-tech industry isn't booming. The recruiters are saying jobs aren't plentiful anymore. That is a change! So really this is just a matter of priorities, and fairness. Gawd I sound like such a socialist! Maybe the dog stock market has affected me more than I thought.

To: tbigb who wrote (54637)	12/21/2000 12:03:03 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Unless one is a North American Native, we can safely assume that we are, or have been, immigrants. Most came to our shores either looking for a better life or to escape intolerable conditions at home. Judging by your post, I seem to have touched a sore spot. Tough! Most thinking citizens recognize that there is little difference in exploiting cheap foreign labour here or overseas: It's simply not right. Sure, import all the hands you need to run your business, and tell your fellow citizens to go to Hell as far as offering them any employment, but don't be surprised when they find your exploited-labour policy offensive. Since you seem to resent even the thinnest slice of the pie going toward those who've built the country into the magnificent nation it is today, and you hold the levers of power in your business, you, and not I, have the means to put whatever beliefs you hold into practice. Be my guest. But don't expect those faces you've slammed the door into to be smiling at you, or to be overly eager to rejoice in your success. Perhaps your imported-exploited workforce hold you in high regard, for now. I envy your mastery of language. Cheers, PW.