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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (159900)	1/19/2004 5:33:36 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 164684

Is your objective to save American jobs or to take down MSFT and ORCL? Let's see if I understand your policy recommendations - You want major tax penalties based on the proportion of a company's workers not located in the US (presumably, it's a very high proportion for those two companies), forcing higher costs on those companies and, hopefully, destroying them... which you apparently think would result in more jobs for Americans because all those laid off MSFT and ORCL employees would run out and work for or start Linux-based software businesses employing only other Americans (because of the tax penalties if they don't, I suppose). That about right?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (159900)	1/19/2004 5:36:41 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 164684

Which of ORCL's competitors do you work for?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (159900)	1/19/2004 9:36:44 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

When Clinton was Pres., i went and spoke with some database people about a project they were bidding on. A major state govt project. They are Indian. They told me all their project work is done in India. They also told me 95% of their work is from state govts. They also told me even the bids for new work are prepared in India - all they do in the small US office is proofread the bids and edit them. This was back in the good ole days Lizzie, when you were sleeping and counting your options cash .. when your flame Clinton was Pres. and when the Indians were pulling the rug out from you and your friends. Don't believe what you hear. This has been going on. You just finally woke up, that's all. And so you blame Bush. Great. Lizzie, you better call your state rep, which you've never, ever done, and tell her/he/it/farmyard DNA mutant that you are opposed to this kind of shit. good luck. I won't need any. Because I know how to invest. And not in oracle or any other fraud/egomaniacal co. Follow my favored symbols on my profile here. Barn-burners every one of them. vl