Exactly correct, Q... That is my point in observing that during the last 30 years the corporations have used mindless or badly mis-informned voters to vote in pro-corportae politicans who have made "regulation" some kind four letter word... And look where it has gotten US??? Cutting corners is the corporate way because in the short term it usually means more profits for Boss Hog and the Fat Cats... Problem is that the beginning of deregulation and the downward spiril of the average American worker can be graphed and they run paralell paths... In other words, the corporation lay off people to maximize profits and therefore leave a smlller workforce to do the same amount of work and then folks are surprised when shit ahppens???

I mean, this deregukation is a recipe for shit happening... Be in coal mines, airplanes, oil rigs, even our dumbass wars... It's no wonder that the US is slipping in just about every measurable category in comparasion to it's competitors... Life expectancy??? Down... Obesity??? Up... Unemplyement and underemployement??? Up??? Standard of living??? Down... Infant mortality??? Up...

But, hey, we got NASCAR!!!

(spit)

B~