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From: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Musings on the FTAA
Ed, you said:
> I would still stick to my point that unions in Canada and the US don't
like
> instruments like NAFTA and the FTAA because they make it easier to move
job
> creating capital to low wage parts of the world, further undercutting
their
> power base.
Why is it wrong for labor to protect themselves but OK for corporations?
Labor always takes the hit but as you pointed out earlier a corporation sued
Canada over an issue that was bad for Canada and the government gave in.
How about labor suing? Who are these creeps that they deserve such gentle
treatment? This Neo-Feudalism with Knights running around the world
exercising their banker testasterone while they generally rape the
environment and rate money as the only worth.
They generally have more money than most of the world's countries and have
no bones about watching people die who don't have the money for their drugs.
Then they elevate the life of a fetus over young women's lives. I work
with young highly talented people who we gave scholarship study grants of
over $141,000 this year. One of the most talented just developed a
Melanoma. It will require plastic surgery due to her life's work and she
is having trouble finding a doctor who will operate due to her HMO. Now
you all know that Melanoma is an issue of time and it has already been a
month since it was diagnosed. This is a beautiful 20 year old actress
with a great voice. You figure it. She would have been better off if
she was the daughter of a Mafia Don. Instead she is just a good Irish
Catholic with a great voice.
I always think personal when it comes to these issues. That is why I give
personally. But these folks are immoral creeps and they will die just
like the rest of us.
REH
