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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (119840)	12/28/2000 12:17:05 PM
From: Catfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You continually try to confuse modern day America, with its political correctness, and 19th century America. The issue that started slavery was an economic one.....abundant cheap labor. If you studied your history deeply enough, you might see that......but, then again YOU might not. It was an age where a medium of exchange did not always take the form of money. Barter trades for goods and services would very often be made. Several years of apprenticeships would be served for very little or no money in order for the young to learn a craft or trade. This gave the artisans and craftsman access to cheap labor, and allowed the young a chance to learn the trade. The concept of mass production was not invented until Eli Whitney came up with the assembly line concept for producing guns. He invented the cotton gin as well which meant an explosion in the production of cotton, and a greater demand for cheap labor to harvest it. Yes, there has always been a demand for a large quantity of cheap labor in America. And as I pointed out previously, many of the products and services purchased today have a cheap labor factor built into them. Many current businesses in America could not survive without access to cheap labor. For instance, would you be willing to pay $20 for a hamburger? I do not think so.