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Subject:Re: This from the NWU From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:18:15 -0700
Regarding a quote from the NWU, Dan Goldstein wrote:
> The description below includes several extrapolations that are not stated
> in, or even directly supported by, the cited research paper:
>
> * "these professions are _expected_ to be offshored" [my emphasis]
> * "no raises or bonus, ever"
> * "for the rest of their lives in that profession"
>
> The situation is serious, and the research paints a discouraging picture.
> However, distorting the research results won't improve the situation.
But, distorting the facts in order to fit their "Solidarity forever! Man the
barricades" worldview is so quintessentially NWU! ;-)
GDR,
Richard
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