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To: ajtj99 who wrote (41977)	4/3/2001 8:51:10 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 56535

<As for forced labor, I have been to hundreds of factories in China and have not ever witnessed this. It is pretty isolated. Besides, if you looked at what the prisoners make in the USA when they work (less than $1.00/day sometimes) you could make a case that the pay as a percentage of the pay outside jail is lower here than in China.> plus we have far far too many in prison for non-violent crimes and regards drug-users we are just plain stuffing kids in amongst violent criminals and that can only be called reverse rehabilitation.One of the things i love about Maine we only have 1,700 people in prison and yet where i live we don't have any police--none.Maybe once a year i see a state trooper's car passing through my village one of the two for the entirety of hancock county. O yes,i and many don't lock their doors at night. But for large segments of our country it is now,"stole a loaf of bread,throw him in Jail"--and if you steal a loaf of bread 3 times in California(and get caught) you are then in Jail for the rest of your life.Yes our prison system is nothing to be proud of,not at all.max

To: ajtj99 who wrote (41977)	4/3/2001 8:56:09 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 56535

i am still seriously thinking of going short retailers before march numbers are released mid month.Have until next week to think it over.max

To: ajtj99 who wrote (41977)	4/3/2001 9:28:51 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 56535

Redbook average rose 0.4 pct 4 weeks March vs Feb NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales at discount, chain and department stores were mixed to below plan for most retailers as cooler weather shifted shoppers' attention away from spring goods, Instinet Research reported in its weekly Redbook Retail Sales Average on Tuesday. The Redbook Average rose 0.4 percent during the first four retail weeks in March compared with the same period in February. Redbook's target was for a 1.4 percent rise. Last week the Redbook average climbed 0.5 percent for the first three weeks of March compared to February.