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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (14388)	10/29/2003 4:33:23 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793608

more Bush administration discrimination against American workers- Do American jobhunters have to get their up-to-date employment news from The Economic Times of India? That faraway newspaper carries sensational items that somehow don't make news in the United States. The Economic Times published a report that the Bush Administration, speaking through U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, has assured India that its workers who come to the United States on H-1B visas will receive Social Security benefits even though they don't comply with the rules American workers must meet. The Economic Times of India reported that India's Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley said in Washington, D.C. that Zoellick "gave him the assurance," and that Jaitley also met with Commerce Secretary Bob Evans who presumably confirmed this assurance. Since the article was datelined out of Washington on June 14, it is all the more remarkable that we didn't hear about this on U.S. networks. In order for you and me to receive Social Security benefits, we have to pay taxes into the system for 10 years or 40 quarters. Those who come here from India on H-1B visas are allowed to work here for three years and get one three-year extension, for a total of six years -- but that's not ten years!

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (14388)	10/29/2003 5:28:28 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793608

Hey, Lizzie! Time to quit worrying about Larry Ellison and start worrying about Rob Reiner. In an attempt to make the California Teachers even better off, he is trying to run more Businesses out of California. _______________________________________________ CALIFORNIA INSIDER Wientraub - Bee Reiner, CTA want property tax hike for schools Rob Reiner and the California Teachers Association are preparing to file a ballot measure for November, 2004 that would increase commercial property taxes by 55 percent and dedicate the money -- $4.5 billion annually -- to expanded pre-school and K-12 education. The money for K-12 would have to supplement, not supplant, current funding and could be used only for reducing class size, purchasing textbooks, instructional materials, supplies and equipment, training teachers or raising teacher salaries. The pre-school money would be dedicated to universal access for all children in the year before kindergarten. That money could go for public preschool only. The measure would raise the property tax rate from 1 percent to 1.55 percent on commercial property, with agricultural, timber, open space and government property exempted. Rental property assessed at less than $700,000 would be exempt, and the rate on property assessed at above that amount would rise to the new limit on a sliding scale. sacbee.com