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To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (37185)	9/15/2000 1:40:35 PM
From: microhoogle!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

donjuan, If the marketplace does not reward you, the govt. does step in to save you (a buisiness owner) from creditors in form of bankruptcy protection. I am sure there are other provisions where govt. tries to help. The reason why govt. is trying to step in, is to eliminate discrimination, bias and other reasons. Now if you argue that there is too much govt. intervention then that will be a valid argument.

To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (37185)	9/15/2000 3:26:16 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Why should it be any different for employees? Let the marketplace determine work conditions. During low un-employment times, benefits will be good because companies are competing for workers. Sounds good in theory, and certainly applies to some programs like affirmative action etc. which (imo) could be abolished - but with careful scritiny this issue is a lot more complicated, for example: we will always have a lowest-tier workforce that will work for minimum if for nothing else is a representation of our immigration policies. So with a completely free market system, these textile workers or whoever will receive the absolute minimum pay and likely no medical benefits. So who pays for these people when they get sick and need hospitalization? Taxpayers, and personally I would rather see McDonalds or Burlington or whoever mandated to pay health insurance.