meaning: they are getting to be less and less of them
comparing it 

 to how it used to be
when our economy was good in the 80's  
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as far as Health care goes to re: Jim
the feds , and i am specifically speaking about
the "FEDERAL AGENCY" 
  called the 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION  pfffff 
act like Pharmaceuticals  are VITAMINS    and they are
"IN"  on the brainwashing of AMERICA to take them DAILY!
and 
many of the so called "ailments" 
are spin off side effects from taking them 
how is it that Monsanto got their poison product 
round up incorporated into the corn's DNA so that it's Pollen
is acting like an insecticide to the Bee's collecting it....gmo SH_ it
by twisting the arms of our wonderful politicians with
lobbyists and paying them off with vacations and who knows what else.