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"The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages." -- Jim Hightower
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Even though a few of them have been dumped from the campaign
Heartless Phil and "honorable lobbyists" would run McCain's White House
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How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform
Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progressive agenda for our country, ranging from Medicare for all to the decentralization and re-regulation of Wall Street. Indeed, in the elections of 2006 and 2008, people voted for a fundamental break from Washington's 30-year push to enthrone a corporate kleptocracy.
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