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On the recordDecember 13, 2012
That's what it's all about. Government is the entity which primes the economic pump through which prosperity then flows. So we're now at a point, though, where: Are we going to turn everything over to the big businesses, and are we going to reduce the ability of people to be able to come together in a workplace and bargain collectively? Are we going to take steps to eliminate people from voting so that those who are the chosen ones can elect the people of their choice, and all of the rest of the people are just supposed to expect to be treated benevolently by those who are seeking to exploit the capital, the human capital, and make as much money as they can? At whose expense is that?
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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