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To: longnshort who wrote (28405)	5/14/2008 11:14:53 PM
From: RMF	Respond to of 71588

I'm probably "pretty much" on the "same track" as you. Everything in "reasonable moderation". I worked in a steel mill in the early 70's. The same one that the "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" worked at. He and I may have shot the breeze a few times for all I know. The Union there was RIDICULOUS. There was a guy "on heroin" and he fell asleep a lot. (I guess that's a common side affect). They fired him, but then they had to re-hire him because his addiction was a medical condition or whatever. It was CRAZY and I knew the pendulum had swung WAY TOO FAR on Union Influence. But I was ALSO aware of what working conditions had been like early in the 20th century and I would have HATED to have been working in that industry at THAT time. There are 8 year olds working in mines in China right now and there are kids even younger working in textiles in India. Workers NEED protection, but there has to be a BALANCE.