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Still dangerous work but a whole lot safer.

Back in the 1900's everything by hand. Notice no hard hats but it does look as  if the linemen are buckled into some sort of safety belt.  Contrary to  the modern era. On ground assembly and the use of helicopters to maneuver the towers in place. 

The way that Hydro Electrical Crews used to do it and how they do it now. The early  picture somewhere in the early 1900's. The big difference look how many people  were installing 11 if you count the Supervisor. Now picture 2 employees and a machine.

I can recount the many failures but hardly recall any benefits. Here is one and a really bad outcome 800,000 people hacked to death and the U.N. would not give Dalllaire the troops he needed.

The cost of being uninsured would rise for many Americans  under GOP's health plan For example, a 50-year-old earning $47,520 annually would  pay just $465 for being uninsured for six months under  Obamacare. But that same person but would be on the hook for up to  $1,991 in penalties under the Republicans' plan if they  were uninsured for the same time period and then signed up  for coverage, the analysis finds. If that person ended up earning $118,800 the following year  in income, and also had a six-month gap in coverage, their  Obamacare penalty would be $2,414. But their fine under the  GOP plan if they signed up for insurance could be as low as  $1,006. And because the Republican plan's penalty "is not tied to  income," as Obamacare's penalty is, "low-income individuals  will pay significantly more under" the GOP proposal than  higher income earners. While the 30 percent pen...