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security, and he has gone broke. He doesn't have the 

 money to buy any more land. His days of grabbing land are 

 over. 



When you don't have money to pay the bills you 

 already have, you quit shopping! You pay your bills and 

 you try to save money for the future. You look at what 

 you already have and try to decide if you really need 

 something before you buy it. 



Do we really need the Headwaters Forest. We already 

 have 255,000 acres of Redwoods set aside. Do we really 

 need to put the Pacific Lumber Company out of business? 

 The largest employer in Humboldt County! Are we going to 

 lay off thousands more people? 



And if we do, how are we going to pay for it? Are 

 we going to drive another nail into the coffin of the 

 children of this country? This bill drastically effects 

 not just the children of the forest families but all the 

 children in Humboldt County every time private land is 

 taken off the tax rolls. 



The futures of our great, great grandchildren have 

 already been mortgaged. How can anyone of the sponsors of 

 this bill justify it? My God, our children are killing 

 each other. Why? Because they see no future. They see 

 no rising sun on the horizon. They are bleeding and 

 crying out for help, and this is what the people in 

 Washington are spending their future on. Why aren't we 



