[TheSpottedOwl]

Of course it may take an investigation by the FBI and John Ashcroft's people to get the truth and reality out into the light re CalPers.

Uh oh, CalPers. Do you think that the FBI would investigate?

Regarding your post to me: I don't know if denying Aids patients treatment would fly. We do need to unload all those uneccessary government employees, and get our economy on track. Otherwise the only jobs available will be government jobs :(

[NormsRevenge]

I California, we're skrewed growth-wise. When so many people work for the government, yaknow you're in deep trouble. The govt sector is still the fastest growing.. That is plain nuts.

Nationally, how many million are federal state and local/municipal employees now, and what has been the growth rate the last 20 years?

[Grampa Dave]

What I'm talking about is the super expensive experiment drugs being used on aids patients who are basically terminal. Often these expensive drugs are mixed into drug cocktails of two or more.

The result is the same. Their immune system gets weaker, and they develope a resistance to the newer anti viral drugs. Then that cocktail is discarded an another super expensive anti viral cocktail is started. After 1 to 2 years most patients die and due to the side effects of the drug cocktails, they have had a miserable last two years.

Morphine and all the pain killers and hospice care would have been better for them and would have saved the rest society of a lot of money.