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To: koan who wrote (24249)8/20/2012 9:15:54 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
Corporate America often would hire black workers. Not for necessarily for any concern for equality, but because they would work for less. The unions, and the government (not just with Jim Crow laws, but also with "prevailing wage" laws), worked against this opportunity for black workers.



To: koan who wrote (24249)8/21/2012 10:49:11 AM
From: Paul Smith1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 85487
 
WALL STREET PROSECUTIONS UNDER OBAMA: ZILCH

For all the bluster of Obama, pre- and post-2008, as well as that of Attorney General Eric Holder concerning the alleged criminal activities on Wall Street, there have been zero Wall Street prosecutions under Obama/Holder. Compare that with his predecessors Bush and Clinton:

Bush: 1,300 convictions; Clinton: 1,000 convictions; Obama: Zero attempts.

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