But, more importantly, high-income people have more money to spend on eating out, so the high-cost places where high-income people tend to live can support more restaurants.

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The reality is that U.S. companies have grown too accustomed or dependent on the high-quality, low-cost technology support that these visas enable.

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But the additional revenue comes with a cost of unhappy clients, high returns, and escalating customer support costs.

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But any cut in the plan would drive up the already high cost of the stealthy strike fighter in a way that might undermine political support, a fact not lost on Boeing marketers charged with keeping their company in the fighter business.

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