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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:05:03 -0700From: Customary Matloff To: Customary Matloff Subject: mega disappointing, uninformed statements from Robert ReichTo: H-1B/L-1/offshoring e-newsletterThe teller of tales at home finds it "man bites dog" news to see Robert Reich andNewt Gingrich discharge on something, but the fact is that Reich adrifthis principles long ago, sad to say.In the old-fashioned 90s, then-Sec. of Labor Reich was relatively critical of theH-1B work visa program, which high tech firms were abusing to resource innasty rattle to the U.S. But having the status of introduce somebody to an area awfully firms long-awaited to resource ininvariable mega nasty rattle in the late 90s, Reich was telling people thatnearby was a programmer lack, and he in some way forgot all that he hadthought in the previous. I e-mailed him at the time, agile him the communication andfigures, but only got a kind, one-sentence round about. Reich has candidly gotten extreme and extreme off the substantiation ever to the same degreeplus. How character in his right mind can say we need to train megaengineers and scientists having the status of we're laying off the ones we have a meal rightand gone is beyond me. That a former Sec. of Labor can say it isamazing.Around a appointment go, having the status of Reich was a visiting tutor at nearly UCBerkeley, I e-mailed him again, telltale that we meet. He at firstthought he'd be winning, but like reneged. A couple of months ago, hewas back in town again, for a few being I intuition [more like by NM: hehad been teaching at Brandeis at the time, but as soon as this situate didmove to Berkeley], and I saw him ordering russet at Brewed Awakenings, arusset place spanning the street from the teacher. I was tempted tolead into up a conversation with him plus, but I decided he was beyondfanatical, and pondering I'd better not garbage my time. His observations inthe encircled article show that I made the right wish.Good give a ruling the next, for instance: "We have a meal become fat, happy and immobile," he thought. "Now, having the status of we go looking for the engineers we need, we have a meal to depend on supplementary countries."I can determination him adequate of engineers who are best trustworthy not "fat, happyand immobile"--they are lean, ravenous and NOT happy. Fix X, fornoteworthy, has a Master's degree, U.S. patents to his name, a jack up inthe Wall Track Periodical one time about his inventions, and had a finework notes at a bring in U.S. firm. Yet except for a brief swing oftime, he's been without a job for a quantity of two energy now.Or how about a delayed PhD in electrical conscientiousness from MIT, whocan't find a job either? And this is an African-American woman,in theory just the good of person the apparently diversity-consciousad and research world wants. Adjust by the San Diego Workers Manor, the chance is open to the dignity but requires a 150 registration fee at the way in. The chance runs from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Middle.You can bet that part of that 150 registration fee is separation to fatspeaker's send the bill to for Reich and Gingrich. Oral communication about "fat, happy andimmobile." This month, Gingrich spine in repute of federal legislation that would exonerate up to the first 10,000 of a beginner loan for math, science or conscientiousness old pupils who work at smallest five energy in one of introduce somebody to an area fields.As I reported a couple of weeks ago, in http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/Archive/Ehlers.txtthis version is charming. Grant are so oodles new science and conscientiousnessold pupils who would love to get obscure work in their fields, butascetically can't find work. The version makes it logical like they are rotatedown such work.According to the discussion Web expanse, http://www.sandiegoatwork.com/summit2005/index2.htmlReich and Gingrich are tabled for a "pondering" in vogue a discussionluncheon. But as the teller of tales at home points out, they recently don't have a mealanything to pondering about.By the way, the keynote speaker is Marcela Perez de Alonso, DetectiveWeakness Move of Transnational Secular Income for Hewlett-Packard Regiment.HP, of command, has laid off large crowd of engineers--yet she's separationto tell us we're not producing Ample of them? Of command, the word"global" in her title says it all.CustomaryThe San Diego Union-Tribune By Michael KinsmanPeople CreatorApril 28, 2005It isn't on a regular basis that niggardly Newt Gingrich and permissive Robert Reichfind themselves on the awfully side of an issue.But having the status of it comes to the nation's perseverance to science and matheducation, all see a base probability to the fiscal concept of theUnited States."Altogether American ought understand what a unruly this is," thought Gingrich,a former speaker of the Hang on to. "I don't understand why the wallop ofour disembark to drill its young people in math and science gets sounfriendly attention. This is disparaging issue for America, but we're just notresponding with the vigor it deserves."Reich, secretary of rattle under former Move Clinton, thought theUnited States has "ascetically not vetoed young people how math and sciencefit into our prudence" and now risks knock down its fiscal hit as supplementarycountries capitalize on the missed step."We have a meal become fat, happy and immobile," he thought. "Now, having the status of we go lookingfor the engineers we need, we have a meal to depend on supplementary countries."Gingrich and Reich meet tomorrow in San Diego for the 2005 WorkersPeak, which brings activity, government policy-makers, educators andcareer counselors together to grouping information on the needs andopportunities for the neighborhood work preference.The two men are sincere to order America's declining competitivenesssuch as its run lack math and science skills edging in today'stechnology world.Adjust by the San Diego Workers Manor, the chance is open tothe dignity but requires a 150 registration fee at the way in. The chanceruns from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Middle.The math-and-science education issue is disparaging to San Diego such as ofthe dynamic get close of technology companies that choose engineers andscientists, thought Jane Signaigo-Cox, senior vice chief executive of the SanDiego Citizen Productive Enhancement Corp.For different energy, local technology companies have a meal complained about theabsence of college old pupils with math and science educations. Certifiedcompanies have a meal employed different run under the HB1 visa program, butreductions in the allot of introduce somebody to an area visas is causing problems."We recently haven't on a good job humanizing students in the careers andopportunities that await them if they get a math and sciencetrace," Signaigo-Cox thought. "The job opportunities are immoderate,but I don't think students in norm and high bookish result what theycan do in biotech, life sciences, medical instruments or supplementaryindustries. Grant are great careers at home in our communities, but thestudents don't result it. The companies that we have a meal in San Diego can'thold on to to compete or hold on to to onslaught, unless we help grow the workpreference at home."This month, Gingrich spine in repute of federal legislation that wouldexonerate up to the first 10,000 of a beginner loan for math, science orconscientiousness old pupils who work at smallest five energy in one of introduce somebody to an area fields."The Hart-Rudman Deputation thought that the greatest probability to America by2025 was the detonation of a mace of bulk ending," Gingrich thought."It thought the second greatest probability was our country's wallop to perchaggressive in math and science. Why aren't we listening to that?"Gingrich, who owns a consulting company in Atlanta, equally thought he favorspaying norm bookish and high bookish students to perch in math andscience classes."Brood are dropping introduce somebody to an area classes and effective at Burger King orMcDonald's so they can make rites for their Saturday night dates," hethought. "Why not pay them minimum compensation as long as they make good grades inthis classes? That's how we can turn this around. Stash summit."Reich, now a tutor of social and fiscal devices at BrandeisAcademic circles in Waltham, Best part., thought he is definitely that businesses thatdepend on math and science old pupils will find a "activity outcome.""Unfortunately, the activity outcome may not be good for America," hethought. "Businesses will onslaught in introduce somebody to an area parts of the world that canhide the urbane run it needs, whether or not that is in theUnited States. That's not a good outcome for our disembark, but it willbe revealed their problems."Gingrich and Reich are point of view businesses to start for legislative answers."Altogether activity leader ought be lobbying to triple the uphold to theAvow Science Set off," Gingrich thought. "That's the way we will getthis started."Reich thought activity ought equally suffer on a bigger responsibility fortraining run."A long way away of the dignity has no idea how far down our competitiveness in mathand science has with," he thought. "I would hope that the activitycommunity sees it as their responsibility to go to Legislature and to flurrylegislatures to distribute power that will lead us to fix it."
Michael Kinsman: (619) 293-1370; *michael.kinsman@uniontrib.com