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Octafish

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10. Michigan is the home of the UAW

Reply to Thespian2 (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 10:57 PM

Mar 2015

Rick Snyder turned us into a "Right to Work State."

His benefactors in creating the Foundations for Feudalism for the 21st Century:

The Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/10/michigan_governors_race_2014_w.html

Their ad budget flooded Lions games in October, outspending the Democrat -- a real Dem from the Democratic Wing: Mark Schauer.

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