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Hank Johnson: We all do better when the money is circulating. Those on the top end, they're going to continue to make money; but those…

On the recordDecember 13, 2012
We all do better when the money is circulating. Those on the top end, they're going to continue to make money; but those who are just working people, regular working people, and those who aspire to the middle class, when that money is circulating, then we can all, collectively, become more wealthy, and we will all spend more dollars, and that means more goods and services have to be produced, and that means you have to have people employed to service the needs of those with the money. So it's just really common sense. Instead of trying to break the unions, we should be trying to solidify the relationships that the unions have established with their employers. Detroit is a fine example of how the greatest, richest union, the Auto Workers Union, came to the table with the corporate bosses, after the corporate bosses had run the business into the ground, and needed a bailout from government, and President Obama made a determination that we're going to invest money in GM and in Chrysler, and we're going to not let those companies go bankrupt.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia
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Dec 13, 2012

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