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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (158900)	7/30/2003 5:24:32 PM
From: fedhead	Respond to of 164684

They should make floatable currencies a requirement to enter the World Trade Organisation. If we are talking free market the currencies should be allowed to float as well. Anindo

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (158900)	7/30/2003 7:59:29 PM
From: hueyone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

this is not something the tech companies will be able to lobby against, just like they weren't successful with the H1B recent lobby. What do you mean? The reason the H1-B programs are enabled and keep going is precisely because the powerful tech lobbies keep lobbying to keep them going. On this issue, your beloved tech lobbies are not representing your position, unless you are a CEO or in the very highest ranks of the company. I think these issues of H1-B visas and L-1 visas needs to undergo serious scrutiny and national debate. My understanding is that these programs were created to allow our companies to bring non U.S. citizens over to fill jobs when we didn't have enough skilled citizens to do the jobs ourselves. But like most government programs, once they start, they are hard to get rid of. Now we have 1000s of skilled programmers and tech people being replaced by foreigners brought over to the states for no other reason than they will work cheaper, not because our own populace lacks the skills to do the jobs. From my shareholder perspective I am generally happy to see labor costs coming down, but I tend to doubt that it is a smart idea for the long run security and success of the United States to put Americans out of work by importing foreigners to take their jobs. I am sure there are other ways to look at the issues, but that is why I think we need an open, national debate to bring the pros and cons of various alternative solutions out in to the open rather than having these important issues decided by lobby payoffs. eagleforum.org Republican Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) candidly commented, "This is not a popular bill (H1-B visas) with the public. . . . This is a very important issue for the high-tech executives who give the money." Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT) admitted, "There were, in fact, a whole lot of folks against it, but because they are tapping the high-tech community for campaign contributions, they don't want to admit that in public."