Herman Trivilino wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT> Suppose we'd had laws to "protect" buggy-whip makers,  eh?

 HT> Reminds me of the union rules that are responsible for
 HT> feather-bedding -- employers providing jobs that have been rendered
 HT> obsolete by technology.

Same kind of thing,  I'm sure.  And we know how it goes with that type of
business,  eh?  They don't do well,  in the long run.

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