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To: packback

” All of the sudden now the rich and wealthy are job creators , back in the 19th century they called them robber barons”

Examples of 19th/20th century robber barons:

1) John D Rockefeller (oil)
2) Andrew Carnegie (steel)
3) Henry Flager (railroads)
4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (water transport, railroads)
5) Leland Stanford (railroads)
6) John Jacob Astor (real estate, fur)

Nope, these guys didn’t create any jobs and donate anything OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS like libraries or hospitals. They were just plain greedy.

sarc/


29 posted on 11/16/2011 8:48:36 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Bankrupt Myth of the Robber Barons
http://www.academia.org/bankrupt-myth-of-the-robber-barons/

sounds like Moron Mitchell went to gubmint schools


33 posted on 11/16/2011 9:52:53 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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