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		<img src="http://news.cnet.com/i/ne/pr/gr/prtease_cooper.gif" width="65" height="82" border="0" align="right"><b>Adios to options excess?</b><p>
		<b>If the nation's politicians expect Silicon Valley to fall in line on the issue of expensing stock options, they're living in a fantasy world.</b>
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		Flipping through my Rolodex this past week, I couldn't find one solitary technology type willing to support even the mildest proposal to change how corporations account for stock options. The more common response was a verbal "middle finger" shouted in the general direction of Washington.
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		No surprises, there. The options argument is not just about putting food on the table--make that <i>a lot</i> of food, in some cases--but about the way the computer industry views itself. Tech companies believe they belong in a different category, say, from the likes of Coca Cola, Washington Post Co. and Bank One Corp.--all which recently decided to begin expensing stock options.
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		Tech titans also served notice they will remember to support friends--and shun foes--in Washington next November. An empty threat? Perhaps, but consider this: in the last national election, the computer industry contributed more than $40 million (52 percent to Democrats, 46 percent to Republicans.) That was good for a seventh place <a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=39-7QgMIjIiVpWATh6CGLs-y39w-_lR" >ranking</a>, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

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