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Irresponsible - and false - scaremongering on the FT's front page | 56 comments (56 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: False - but necessary scaremongering? (none / 0)
The expat bonus is (supposedly) what you need to pay people to compensate them for the inconvenience of expatriating. Which means the number of expats should be really, really small and the need for expats restricted to managing roles. Not that it's like that in reality.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 25th, 2006 at 11:12:42 AM EST
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Re: False - but necessary scaremongering? (none / 0)
Good points, but people described (derogatorily, unfortunately) as economic migrants do not receive a similar bonus.  
by GreatGame2 (fishy_logic_at_yahoo.co.uk) on Tue Apr 25th, 2006 at 11:37:57 AM EST
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Re: False - but necessary scaremongering? (none / 0)
Economic migrants have the least bargaining power because they are the most desperate for a job, while expats are sent abroad to fulfill the needs of the employer so they command a bonus. It's not the fact that you're abroad, but why and how you're abroad.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 25th, 2006 at 11:43:36 AM EST
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Irresponsible - and false - scaremongering on the FT's front page | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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