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Glenn Thompson: “Yes, absolutely. This is our 151st anniversary. But I was talking with an individual whose family actually had roots…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2010
Yes, absolutely. This is our 151st anniversary. But I was talking with an individual whose family actually had roots maybe going back 151 years. I was talking with this gentleman, and he has a family business. His family has been in this business for at least 100 years or more. And he talked about how just during his lifetime--now this is just his lifetime--he has had to purchase his family business from the government three times, every time a generation has passed away. That's just morally wrong, and it's economically stupid. The fact is this is a company that has, for over a century, created and provided really good jobs for that community, for that part of Pennsylvania.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Dec 8, 2010

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The speaker discusses the challenges faced by a family business over generations.

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