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To: Road Walker who wrote (303506)	9/17/2006 8:26:38 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1576163

Under Bush, energy and healthcare have doubled in cost. In fact, it was the first this administration accomplished. Those two gougings were their priority. Plus boondoggles like SDI. Getting rid of environmental and public safety laws. Getting rid of watchdogs. Saying all past treaties may be null and void. Bashing those who wanted the Kyoto Treaty after Bush promised to be the "environmental president". What a lair he is.

To: Road Walker who wrote (303506)	9/17/2006 8:40:35 PM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 1576163

>>re: Since 2001, the health-care industry has added 1.7 million jobs. The rest of the private sector? None.<< Most of those health care jobs added were utilization review and case managers... I just about crapped myself when i saw govt workers are making 220 - 250K a year! there is no accountability at many levels of govt. ===================================================== In all, $3 million was spent in just six days. The money paid hundreds of $300-a-day federal firefighters and $460-a-day private contract firefighters. It paid for more than two dozen $1,000-a-day fire engines, a $4,500-a-day portable toilet company, three large helicopters each rented for $10,000 to $31,000 a day, and one $52,000-a-day El Segundo catering company -- For Stars Express Inc. -- that specializes in catering to movie sets and Hollywood stars. This year, For Stars is again working fires. It is charging the government $10.25 a gallon for iced tea, $8.16 a pound for salted peanuts and $15.89 for a sack lunch -- prices that reflect not only the cost of the grub but getting it to the field. "It's exorbitant," said Jim Wills, a private fire contractor whose crews worked the Harding fire. "How much can you make a bag lunch for?" sacbee.com