-=> Quoting Mark Probert to George Lagergren <=-
 GL>     So Senator Hatch (R-UT) would be doing right to stand up
 GL>     to the international drug companies who would put natural
 GL>     medicine companies out of business.   Remember, several
 GL>     companies which manufacture herbs in the State of Utah
 GL>     would be affected.
 MP> the real point is that if the pharmaceutical companies had a Senator
 MP> in  their pocket because that Senator owned a share of a business, the 
 MP> herbals would be whining and screaming all over the place.
 MP> However, because he is on the side of herbals (natural chemicals good)
 MP> against the pharmaceuticals (artificial chemicals evil) you do not
 MP> mind  if his ethics stink.
     Mark  -->  I guess if there were several big pharmaceutical
     companies located in the State of Utah, the politicans would
     be protective of them.  Conflict of interest laws apparently
     do not apply to members of Congress.  Members can own common
     stock in companies where legislation in their committee could
     affect a particular industry.
     But my real point is that BIG companies in a particular industry
     have now discovered that they can use [or try to use] an
     INTERNATIONAL TREATY
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     to force SMALL companies in an opposition industry out of 
     business.
     Just think of the implications in the future where all
     industries could use an INTERNATIONAL TREATY to try to get
     their way.
     History Fact:  In the 1950s during the Eisenhower era,
     there was a movement in Congress to pass a constitutional
     amendment which said that if the Congress approves a treaty
     which contains a provision which goes AGAINST any provision
     in the Constitution, then that treaty provision is null and
     void.    The Eisenhower administration opposed it and the
     effort failed.
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