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To: Pete Young who wrote (46522)	5/10/2001 8:32:47 AM
From: norm chin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT: Pete, "...where we are ruled by law..." Law is not a solution to everything. It's only as good as to the extent people choose to obey it. It has been reported time and again that we are building new prisons. Should we pass MORE LAW to steam the flow of criminal elements? We have traffic laws and yet it's not uncommon for motorists to run red lights. In fact, less (law) can be better. Take Hong Kong for example. It's striving, reportedly has the highest number of Rolls Royce per capita. "Middle class societies need to support their middle class with decent wages." I am all in favor of supporting my fellow man, period. "Unions and government are the bulwark against the potentially destructive forces..." Some governments destroy; all we have to do is to look at certain parts of the world. I admire some of the contributions made by unions. However, as it stands, my conscience won't allow me to be a supporter. What some of us fail to see is that by endorsing union, we are, in fact, supporting inequality as only a small segment (union members) of the work force benefited. On the other hand, you can count me as an ardent supporter IF all (or at least almost all) workers are unionized in which case we might have a re-distribution of wealth from businesses to workers. Let me add that I was a victim of exploitation and I have family members as well as friends who are/were short changed by their employers. In my first job (in NYC), I used to work about 60 hours a week, six days a week. And guess what? My former employer cooked the book and paid me 40 hours.