Alright manufacturers, we're totally down with throwing in a bit of draft-N love or even a free FM radio, but seriously, why not activate the goods (without some controversial fee) before shipping these things out?
Last month, both chambers of Congress passed their own separate budget resolutions, and when lawmakers return from their current recess in mid-April, a conference committee will sit down to draft a joint budget, to be divvied up starting in May.
I'm told one MP has put down 166 amendments to the chair's draft of the report - and every nuance is fought out in the increasingly fractious private sessions in which the MPs on the committee attempt to finalise their conclusions.
Sandeep Muthangi of Indian brokerage IIFL Capital says the draft provisions could increase wage costs for Indian companies by 12-15 percent and bring profit margins down by a full percentage point.