re eco freaks forcing space mining in article r hb kbi access digex net prb access digex com pat writes in article apr aurora alaska edu nsmca aurora alaska edu writes in article r b v ec access digex net prb access digex com pat writes besides this was the same line of horse puckey the mining companies claimed when they were told to pay for restoring land after strip mining i aint talking the large or even the mining companies i am talking the small miners the people who have themselves and a few employees if at all the people who go out every year and set up thier sluice box and such and do mining the semi old fashion way okay they use modern methods toa point lot s of these small miners are no longer miners they are people living rent free on federal land under the claim of being a miner the facts are many of these people do not sustaint heir income from mining do not often even live their full time and do fotentimes do a fair bit of environmental damage these minign statutes were created inthe s s when the west was uninhabited and were designed to bring people into the frontier times change people change deal you don t have a constitutional right to live off the same industry forever anyone who claims the have a right to their job in particular is spouting nonsense this has been a long term federal welfare program that has outlived it s usefulness pat hum do you enjoy putting words in my mouth come to nome and meet some of these miners i am not sure how things go down south in the lower i used to visit but of course to believe the media news its going to heck or just plain crazy well it seems that alot of unionist types seem to think that having a job is a right and not a priviledge right to the same job as your forbearers see kennedy s and tel me what you see and the families they have married into there is a reason why many historians and poli sci types use unionist and socialist in the same breath the miners that i know are just your average hardworking people who pay there taxes and earn a living but taxes are not the answer but maybe we could move this discussion to some more appropriate newsgroup michael adams nsmca acad alaska edu i m not high just jacked
