..."While this may be true, do you want a nurse, rescue squad member, fire fighter, or police officer that has already been on duty for 69 hours to respond to YOUR call? or your Mom's?..."

Which is exactly why we need to totally privatize police, fire, postal service, national parks and forests, schools, everything! We know how to turn a profit. No overtime, indeed, none of this 40hr week crap. You'll get 30 if you toe the line. Puts more people to work that way. No full time workers, no benefits, no retirement gravy train, use your 401k tax incentives to save for your own retirement and Bush's Medical Savings Accounts to cover your medical. Forget Nordstroms, hit Walmart!

There are THOUSANDS of Americans, some who speak English, who would claw each other to death at the front door for these secure jobs we would offer them. No more over-paid, unionized parasites sucking the public trough dry!