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Submitted by Barb, Aug 14, 2007 12:13

CS is right, it is a scandal that our elected officials spend so much time playing footsie with India, Inc. and Nasscom ,to the betrayal of American professionals whose only crime was to play by the rules of their society. No wonder our youth are thinking twice when it comes time to choose a college major!


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