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To: Jeff Jordan who wrote (7225)	4/23/2003 5:13:59 PM
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What happens when options are expensed? washingtonpost.com "They are as confused as anyone else on how you can do it," said Rick White, executive of TechNet, a Silicon Valley-based coalition. White said that in addition to the difficulty of devising an expensing formula, Congress should consider the impact expensing would have on the competitiveness of tech firms worldwide. Other countries, especially China, are luring tech talent with options packages. This means I guess that technically competent people are fleeing to China (I'm sure of that), and that most options are given to the techies, not the upper management (I'm sure of that too).