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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Oh yeah, the big bucks are going to just roll in now.  Y'all forgetting 
Davis-Bacon?

Lynda, who is still irritated that she had to pay unskilled labor $17/hr to 
pound t-posts in 1995!  <g>
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>


> I don't think -- and neither do you, I'm pretty sure -- that he's
> going to give us those things. It's one thing to give things away;
> quite another to set up the laws to promote broadband access and to
> fund projects that will build that kind of infrastructure (not to
> mention roads, sewers, bridges, etc, which have all been going
> downhill for years). Yes, it will take tax dollars, but if people are
> employed working on the projects then they will be paying taxes and
> able to buy stuff so other people will also have jobs and pay taxes.
>
> If you've noticed, Obama has been telling parents all through the
> campaign that they're the ones who have to oversee their kids'
> schooling and make sure the school work gets done before the video
> games or the TV are turned on.
>
> The NYT had a story today about the loss of health care as people lose
> jobs. In the other industrialized countries in this world, losing a
> job doesn't mean you lose your health care. It shouldn't here either.
> You've mentioned that you need to take a number of drugs. What would
> happen to you if you lost funding for your drugs?
>
> Marie
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