[arete]

Bring heavy industry back to this country without all the enviro regulations, government regulations, and union rules that stiffel production or we are going to wind up being taken over and become slaves in a socialist world.

If you had ever seen, or worse lived in places like Gary, IN or Pittsburgh, PA in the 50,s and 60's, you might not be saying that. Only places I know where the air actually had texture and color to it. Anyway, regulations are only part of the manufacturing problem. The other part is cheap labor and we don't have it. Americans are funny that way. They want cheap goods and services that are produced here which is inconsistent with our high standard of living.

Richard W.

[dalereed]

I grew up in Los Angeles in the 40s and i'll gladly go back to the dirty air, which only affected a few people (let them go live somewhere else if they don't like it) for the clean air and excessive government and socialized society of today.

We also had Kaiser Steel, now shut down, which limited visibility but there again, the living standards that were produced far outweighed the small inconvience of dirty air.