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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (184477)	3/12/2004 12:25:52 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 1572637

Tenchusatsu, RE: "I'm all for expanding legal immigration at all levels, not just the Ph.D's" Reread my post. The issue is Bush is only letting entry level immigration in, essentially not the PhD candidates. Millions versus a few thousand. I completely agree with Greenspan here - just watch when this market turns, we are going to have a huge shortages: Message 19907429 "we have developed a shortage of highly skilled workers and a surplus of lesser-skilled workers. " RE: "Of course, you'll threaten the power base of some special interest groups such as unions (typically white blue-collar workers" I disagree. I think it's the white collar worker who now feels more threatened than the blue-collar worker who has lived with this threat since the 70s. RE: "African-Americans (who are now facing political competition from Hispanics" None of my black friends feel threatened by Hispanics. I wouldn't generalize. I personally think it's the white collar engineer that feels the most scared. Just go visit the RNB building sometime - they even had to close the store there, it's so gloomy in there. Low moral with engineers these days at many companies it appears. ( Companies are foolish to not address this issue before the economy turns around.) The sales and marketing building next door to RNB is cheerful. Regards, Amy J