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To: michael97123 who wrote (350)	3/23/2006 3:34:33 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Two million homeschooling moms in this country now, Mike....Moms staying at home. Maybe their children don't have Gameboys, $200 sneakers, and every other piece of crap intended to replace parental guidance and love. How can we say we have family values, when there are no families....children fobbed off to caretakers, who don't really care. What went wrong with this country. How did our parents manage? I still don't know what they do in Sweden.

To: michael97123 who wrote (350)	3/23/2006 3:42:30 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Found something: Swedes are just about the most fortunate people in the world. They have not fought a war or even had a major conflict with another country for over 180 years. Taxes are high, but the social safety net (which the government is trying to poke holes in) makes almost everyone prosperous. The law mandates five weeks of paid vacation annually. Sexual equality is a given here, so the percentage of women in government is the world’s highest. Male and female salaries are almost equal, as are child-rearing responsibilities. Saab, IKEA, Orrefors, Ericsson, Electrolux, Volvo. Swedish products are known throughout the world for beauty of design and high quality. Fewer than nine million people produce them. The safety match and the seat belt were Swedish inventions, as was Alfred Nobel’s dynamite.