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25 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
@Kenneth88191233 “Unfettered greed is corporate America closing U.S. factories where workers made $30/hour, opening sweatshops abroad where workers make 30 cents/hour,[wroteWarren Gunnels, majority staff directorSenateBudgetComm.Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)][bit.ly/3DQBzNj]
[Unfettered greed ]hiring U.S. workers to sell the sweatshop goods for $8/hour[wroteWarren Gunnels, majority staff directorSenateBudgetComm.Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)][bit.ly/3DQBzNj byJakeJohnson viaCommonDreams&Truthout]
blaming inflation for a 25% price increase at Dollar Tree,” Gunnels[wroteWarren Gunnels, majority staff directorSenateBudgetComm.Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)][bit.ly/3DQBzNj byJakeJohnson viaCommonDreams&Truthout]
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