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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Lamont.. Let me clarify
	Date:	1/9/2009 9:15:32 AM

I don't want to leave you with the wrong impression. I'm not down on business. I have some good, good friends who work for industry and they are committed to doing things the right way and finding solutions. It was not easy for me the day I met with 6 company Presidents of small companies who sell night vision to firefighters world wide. These were smaller companies who sell strictly to firefighters and law enforcement and the world wide market is huge. Numerous small sales of this stuff (and it truly is a few devices here, a few devices there) would mean a lot ot their company. And here was some woman from the government telling that thse sales could potentially jepordize US soldiers. (BTW, we eventually worked this out, and they were able to make sales in markets that they wanted to do so. I truly believe lives were saved by these sales)

At an earlier time in my career, I ran a small program. I had a support contractor who had 6 employees. We were his sole contract. My program's funding was cut and I didn't have any money to pay them. Every Friday he called me and asked me if we had gotten any more funding, and I would have to say no and he would tell me who he had to fire that week.

So I'm not down on business at all. There are some gut-wrenching times. I have a friend right now whose company laid off 64 people. And they've cut back hours. And they've been told that people will continue to be fired and hours will continue to be cut, until they can survive.