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On the recordOctober 11, 2001
There were gas stations that started charging $5 for a gallon of gasoline on that day. These were individuals who were obviously using what had been a national tragedy in order to enrich themselves. Now, I have been watching what has happened around here over the last couple of weeks; and I have become concerned that there are those who are using the national tragedy that we have all experienced as a way of enacting a preexisting agenda. ...to use this tragedy to advance tax benefits for corporations while leaving out the little guy and the working person and those who have lost their jobs as a result of what happened; we have yet to do anything for the airline workers who lost their jobs.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington
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Addressing the exploitation of the September 11 tragedy for political and economic agendas.

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