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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

>  If anyone is foolish enough to choose someone for an important job  
> without
> credentials AND recommendations and testimonials, then that's their  
> dodge.   </HTML>

That's fair. It is also a slope down which those more naive than you  
and I will fall. Speaking from personal experience I can tell you that  
there is an appalling number of people, not just the young, who are  
very limited in their decision making ability. I do not like it as an  
argument for regulation but, truth be told, the shysters of the world  
would have a heyday if given free rein. The poor, who are often in  
that state because of limited intelligence and lack of real world  
conditioning, would become even poorer. Comes to mind the payday  
lenders who charge outrageous interest on very short-term loans. Free  
and unfettered capitalism. But those who fall prey are lost, even  
faster lost than those who mire themselves in credit card debt.  
Somehow we must do better.