At 09:54 PM 8/1/01 -0400 camplate wrote:
>Now before I get John Couger Watermelloncamp calling me crying because he
had to sell his family farm let me just point out that, just like the
candle makers, they have a CHOICE in their job. I don't hear of any coal
miner or steel worker AID concerts, we just get two bad songs by Bily Joel
and Bruce Springstein.
>>>
Because sadly, steel is our next-most subsidized industry after agriculture.
And coal is probably #3.
JDG - Who has never seen anybody argue for subsidies for coopers,
stagecoach stops, or the pony express.
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