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XanaDUer

(12,939 posts)
Sun May 6, 2012, 01:05 PM May 2012

"Mitt Romney, America Parasite"

SNIP- It was the early 1990s, and the 750 men and women at Georgetown Steel were pumping out wire rods at peak performance. They had an abiding trust in management's ability to run a smart company. That allegiance was rewarded with fat profit-sharing checks. In the basement-wage economy of Georgetown, South Carolina, Sanderson and his co-workers were blue-collar aristocracy.

"We were doing very good," says Sanderson, president of Steelworkers Local 7898. "The plant was making money, and we had good profit-sharing checks, and everything was going well."

What he didn't know was that it was about to end. Hundreds of miles to the north, in Boston, a future presidential candidate was sizing up Georgetown's books.

MORE- http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-04-18/news/Mitt-Romney-american-parasite/

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"Mitt Romney, America Parasite" (Original Post) XanaDUer May 2012 OP
Rmoney is a bankster, plain and simple meow2u3 May 2012 #1
Kick...(Mitt's ass) AzDar May 2012 #2
"Creative destruction," indeed... Buns_of_Fire May 2012 #3
This is a big deal in red SC nt XanaDUer May 2012 #4
Fucking vultures. Nothing more. COLGATE4 May 2012 #5
Mitt Romney is the very embodiment of the 1%. Leftist Agitator May 2012 #6
Yes nt XanaDUer May 2012 #7
kick nt XanaDUer May 2012 #8
Mitt Romney was a bloodthirsty moneygrubber when he could have made bluestate10 May 2012 #9
We need to shout this from the rooftops nt XanaDUer May 2012 #10
kick XanaDUer May 2012 #11
Thanks. Scurrilous May 2012 #12
You're welcome nt XanaDUer May 2012 #13
K&R JonLP24 May 2012 #14
Thanks- didn't know it was posted before XanaDUer May 2012 #15
K&R this needs to be seen and read. nt magical thyme May 2012 #16
I guess you make 265,000 a day by screwing over millions of workers. Soulless Cretin. sarcasmo May 2012 #17
K&R. n/t FSogol May 2012 #18

Buns_of_Fire

(17,158 posts)
3. "Creative destruction," indeed...
Sun May 6, 2012, 02:37 PM
May 2012

What Mitt the Parasite did to Georgetown Steel, AMPAD, Armco and others, he'd be just as happy to do to the whole country -- so long as there's some big bucks to be made for him and his "investors" (like Goldman Sachs).

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
9. Mitt Romney was a bloodthirsty moneygrubber when he could have made
Mon May 7, 2012, 07:09 PM
May 2012

a difference in working people's lives. But Romney chose to rip those hardworking people off and leave the government holding the bag for his robbery of their retirement plans. Romney touts Staples and the Sports Authority and a restaurant chain as his successes, the problem is that Romney and Bain Capital were MINORITY, NON-MANAGEMENT participants in the successful cases where some low paying jobs were saved or created.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
14. K&R
Thu May 10, 2012, 06:46 PM
May 2012

Glad the article is being seen but couldn't help but wonder that when I posted this, I barely got any responses.

Like I said, I'm glad the message is getting out. This article should have as many eyes as possible.

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