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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (36751)	8/14/2000 3:17:52 PM
From: William Griffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Heres hoping for the return of a little irrational exuberance to the semi's today :). UP 5 right now. ot Buy the way, the US might want to consider selling cigarettes in less than 1 pack quantities. I live in Mexico and smokem one at time if I feel like it. They're sold for less than a peso. Don't have a source at hand, but have read somewhere that rate of lung cancer is much lower here. People can't afford to buy them. If I don't have a pack lying around I smoke much less (about 4-5/day). However, by US standards a pack is cheap (about $1.10). Cheers.

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (36751)	8/14/2000 3:30:10 PM
From: Joseph Beltran	Respond to of 70976

OT, Carl, Areas of civil rights, military, infrastructure, interstate commerce, etc. are exactly the areas that the federal government should be concerned with. Education, health insurance, child care, crime, and the like should be issues resolved at the state/local level IMHO. The federal government is attempting to regulate and dictate just about every aspect of our lives. I for one, don't want some bureaucrat in d.c. dictating "standards" or "curriculum" to my childrens' school district. I don't trust their judgment. I don't trust their motivation. I think they're incompetent.