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Mark Neumann: The wonderful thing to think about here is, it is more than about these numbers and charts; it is about my two kids are…

On the recordSeptember 29, 1997
The wonderful thing to think about here is, it is more than about these numbers and charts; it is about my two kids are in college and my other one, who is a freshman in high school, it is about these kids and whether or not there are going to be job opportunities right here in America or whether we are going to find ourselves in a position where, in order for my children to have hopes and dreams and the opportunity to live the American dream that we have had in this great Nation, it is about whether they are going to be able to do that at home in Wisconsin or whether they are going to have to go over to a Pacific rim country, or China, or wherever, in order to have the hopes and dreams and the opportunities that we have had during our generation. That is what this is about. It is about whether or not our kids are going to have an opportunity to live the American dream.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin

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Discussing job opportunities and the American dream for future generations.

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