Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- For growing numbers of international business travelers, visa and customs regulations are making trips to the U.S. a thing of the past.
Companies say U.S. rules have become so onerous in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that it's often simpler to meet customers, business partners and employees elsewhere. Exxon Mobil Corp. has resorted to customer meetings in a London branch office; Ingersoll-Rand Co. says it took one of its Indian engineers three 18-hour trips to get his U.S. visa.
Sure, I know, nobody's safe as long as there's an Ingersoll-Rand engineer lurking about. But life goes on. If these so-called "conservatives" insist on hiding under their beds, why don't we just toss them their teddy bears and forget about them, get on with things?
Bunky, you can't be afraid of everybody. It just won't work. And there will always be somebody walking on the grass.
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