sorry, i'm not that optimistic with whose words. if my memory works ok, i saw the exactly same words in the letter from Tony McNulty to Christine Lee. so it seems they're their routine flubdub. they listen from one ear and let them go out of the other ear. they only keep those words they're willing to listen.tobiashomer wrote:However it seems to me that there is a window of opportunity in the 2nd part of the Under Secretary's response:We have a good case that there are significant areas where it is not "life as usual", that there are hardships created to our lives and plans by virtue of the retrospectivity of the law. now we should make that case forcefully and promptly before they forget (or deny) they ever said such a thing.Nevertheless we are ready to to listen to you about any unintended hardships that are directly instigated by this change - but for most areas of life, if not all, things are simply continue as usual"
we must not be distracted by those words "we are ready to to listen". we must keep pressing them on the "Retrospective" issue, which they're trying to find all kinds of funny excuses to deny.