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Why Do Democrats Hate American Manufacturers?

gary395 Wrote: Feb 22, 2013 10:49 AM

In 2011, a state lawmaker in Texas was paid $7,200 per year, plus a per diem of $150 for each of the 140 days the legislator in session, whereas California paid it's legislators $95,291 per year, and 80% of that state representatives listed, ' full-time legislator ' for their occupation.

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Paul237 Wrote: Feb 22, 2013 11:21 AM

There are some that get a whole lot more than $95,000 there are some that get as much as $150,000 and more.

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Why Do Democrats Hate American Manufacturers?

Here's the latest example of head-splitting cognitive dissonance in Washington: President Obama used his State of the Union address to crusade for a revitalized U.S. manufacturing sector. But while he pays lip service to supporting businesses that build their products on American soil, Obama and his left-wing operatives are hell-bent on driving a key sector of the U.S. manufacturing industry six feet under: the American firearms and ammunition industry.

The White House is pushing new government spending to "spur economic growth," protect manufacturing plants and "create good-paying jobs" to help America's middle class. Yet across the country, with aggressive lobbying by the...

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