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A: And they served a good function,
A: but there are enough laws on the books now that unions are outdated,
A: and they're only there to perpetuate their own, their own power structure.
B: I remember, the company my dad worked for, the people there went on strike against the management.
B: It was a steel manufacturing place,
B: and they, uh,
B: this was during a time when the import steel was so cheap,
B: and they were having a hard time.
B: And they told the strikers there, look,
B: we need you to come back and get this stuff done.
B: Or else we're going to be out of business.
B: And they wouldn't come back,
B: so they went bankrupt.
A: Yeah.
B: And, and they all lost their jobs.
A: Sure,
A: and, and and that's really what happened to the steel industry in this country.
B: And it's like , you know.
B: Yeah.
A: So many times, I mean, you had the, uh, the coal miners and steel workers going out at the same time.
A: And, well, that took care of that industry
B: That's right.
A: and, and, then, and I'll tell you,
A: Detroit worked awfully hard on, on stopping car manufacturing in this country.
B: And they're trying to do that now with the imports.
A: Yeah,
A: I mean, you know, we've never caught up,
A: and I don't think we ever will.
B: It'll be a tough road, though.
A: Yeah,
A: I mean, here it is,
A: and we've got, we've got to go into partnership with the Japanese to build cars.
B: Yeah.
A: You know And they only did it because they, I guess they were embarrassed that they're so good at it
B: Yeah.
B: That's about right.
A: Gosh.
A: Yeah,
A: well, back to the original subject,
A: yeah,
A: I think youngsters ought to go out and do some public service,
A: I don't care what kind it is.
B: It teaches them pride in their country.
A: Yeah,
A: and pride in themselves, too.
B: That's right.
A: They could, they could, I mean, you could organize something just within your community. same old thing.
B: Yeah,
A: I mean,
B: that's right.
B: That's like Eagle Scouts.
A: Sure.
A: Uh-huh.
B: And that's a great idea.
A: I think they ought to take them and, I don't know, just have sort of like a, a, a manpower pool and say Okay, look,
A: we need somebody ...
A: Okay,
A: we're going to talk about the public school system, What's wrong with it, an, or if anything is wrong with it and what we can do about it, what should be done about it.
B: Okay.
B: Fantastic.
B: Well one thing that pops into my mind real quick is, uh, about the, uh, funding of, the, the school system right now.
A: Yeah.
B: Evidently, uh, that's, that's a big problem.
A: Yeah,
A: it's amazing, uh,
A: I always thought that teachers never got paid nearly enough, I mean, to be doing what they're doing, uh.
B: Right.
A: When I was in college I, I enjoyed teaching,
A: 'cause I did some teaching part-time
A: and I really enjoyed that
A: but I wouldn't want to go teach high school or junior high,
A: it just, you know, all the problems.
B: Oh, Lord, I mean, yeah,
B: an, you talk about stress and pressure,
B: I tell you what,
B: it's, uh,
A: Yeah,
A: they're putting in fifty, sixty hours a week,
A: I'm sure, because they've got to grade papers and get class stuff ready.
B: Do,
B: right.
A: And, you know, and they're being paid, probably half what most people being paid.
B: Exactly,
B: and,
A: And we're paying basketball people, you know, millions of dollars a year for, for what, you know.
B: That's right,
B: and then they, uh, poof it off, you know, do like Tarpley.
A: Yeah.
B: But, uh, I
B: what gets me is I can't believe that Congress, uh, or, our state legislature can't come up with, uh, some kind of workable means to have funds for the school.
B: You know, it's, uh,
B: I just don't understand that.
A: Yeah,
A: it's, uh.
A: Now do you have little kids, or what?
B: No, uh,
B: sure don't,
B: my wife and I've just been married about two years
B: but I have a sister that's a, uh, school teacher,
B: and, uh.

A: And they served a good function,

A: but there are enough laws on the books now that unions are outdated,

A: and they're only there to perpetuate their own, their own power structure.

B: I remember, the company my dad worked for, the people there went on strike against the management.

B: It was a steel manufacturing place,

B: and they, uh,

B: this was during a time when the import steel was so cheap,

B: and they were having a hard time.

B: And they told the strikers there, look,

B: we need you to come back and get this stuff done.

B: Or else we're going to be out of business.

B: And they wouldn't come back,

B: so they went bankrupt.

A: Yeah.

B: And, and they all lost their jobs.

A: Sure,

A: and, and and that's really what happened to the steel industry in this country.

B: And it's like , you know.

B: Yeah.

A: So many times, I mean, you had the, uh, the coal miners and steel workers going out at the same time.

A: And, well, that took care of that industry

B: That's right.

A: and, and, then, and I'll tell you,

A: Detroit worked awfully hard on, on stopping car manufacturing in this country.

B: And they're trying to do that now with the imports.

A: Yeah,

A: I mean, you know, we've never caught up,

A: and I don't think we ever will.

B: It'll be a tough road, though.

A: Yeah,

A: I mean, here it is,

A: and we've got, we've got to go into partnership with the Japanese to build cars.

B: Yeah.

A: You know And they only did it because they, I guess they were embarrassed that they're so good at it

B: Yeah.

B: That's about right.

A: Gosh.

A: Yeah,

A: well, back to the original subject,

A: yeah,

A: I think youngsters ought to go out and do some public service,

A: I don't care what kind it is.

B: It teaches them pride in their country.

A: Yeah,

A: and pride in themselves, too.

B: That's right.

A: They could, they could, I mean, you could organize something just within your community. same old thing.

B: Yeah,

A: I mean,

B: that's right.

B: That's like Eagle Scouts.

A: Sure.

A: Uh-huh.

B: And that's a great idea.

A: I think they ought to take them and, I don't know, just have sort of like a, a, a manpower pool and say Okay, look,

A: we need somebody ...

A: Okay,

A: we're going to talk about the public school system, What's wrong with it, an, or if anything is wrong with it and what we can do about it, what should be done about it.

B: Okay.

B: Fantastic.

B: Well one thing that pops into my mind real quick is, uh, about the, uh, funding of, the, the school system right now.

A: Yeah.

B: Evidently, uh, that's, that's a big problem.

A: Yeah,

A: it's amazing, uh,

A: I always thought that teachers never got paid nearly enough, I mean, to be doing what they're doing, uh.

B: Right.

A: When I was in college I, I enjoyed teaching,

A: 'cause I did some teaching part-time

A: and I really enjoyed that

A: but I wouldn't want to go teach high school or junior high,

A: it just, you know, all the problems.

B: Oh, Lord, I mean, yeah,

B: an, you talk about stress and pressure,

B: I tell you what,

B: it's, uh,

A: Yeah,

A: they're putting in fifty, sixty hours a week,

A: I'm sure, because they've got to grade papers and get class stuff ready.

B: Do,

B: right.

A: And, you know, and they're being paid, probably half what most people being paid.

B: Exactly,

B: and,

A: And we're paying basketball people, you know, millions of dollars a year for, for what, you know.

B: That's right,

B: and then they, uh, poof it off, you know, do like Tarpley.

A: Yeah.

B: But, uh, I

B: what gets me is I can't believe that Congress, uh, or, our state legislature can't come up with, uh, some kind of workable means to have funds for the school.

B: You know, it's, uh,

B: I just don't understand that.

A: Yeah,

A: it's, uh.

A: Now do you have little kids, or what?

B: No, uh,

B: sure don't,

B: my wife and I've just been married about two years

B: but I have a sister that's a, uh, school teacher,

B: and, uh.