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52. The subjugation of the 99%

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:27 AM

Mar 2012

...started with Reagan. At the time I was a steelworker and a union member (USWA) working in the Allegheny valley, on the banks of the river. When Reagan came in, he dropped the tariffs on Japanese steel, flooding the market. Pittsburghs steel industry just dried up and blew away. The union is now a shadow of the mighty power it once was. This tune says it all...

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Reagan and the free-marketeers killed the industry in this country Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #55

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...don't mind if i do! FirstLight Mar 2012 #71

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"The days are numbered"... pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #82

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Is this what you mean? :) pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #84

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