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“Arkansas Wasn’t Such A Good Idea, After All”

Is it just imagination, or Is Wal-Mart running out of Shit to put on their shelves? I swear. (And I intend on cee-ceeing Elizabeth Warren with this.) So, you want to do something About inequality in America? So, you want to give the working stiffs, A Fighting Chance, Is that the name of Your book, Senator Liz? I’ve heard it all before: It’s Hope & Change Redux, Babaloo! (And don’t get me started on Osama Obama.) Here’s my plan: You go aisle to aisle in any Superstore With a little notepad and pencil. Every time you see some Large plastic piece of shit, Realizing they sell 15 million of  ‘em every year, All made by some Dink-Chink in China. QUESTION: So, what do you do, Mr. Policy Wonk? ANSWER: Federally-subsidize the Building & Operation of a plant Manufacturing that shit right here in Detroit. Or Atlanta, or Hartford, Cleveland or Fitchburg, Or even Oakland, Where San Francisco poor continue to squeeze. (Don’t get me started on Urban Gentrification.) Trust me on this: AMERICAN JOBS Will deodorize everything that Stinks about The Economy. “Capital Flight Gone Global: Invest where Labor comes cheap. Export those American jobs again & again.” QUESTION: What’s the difference Between a middle-class person And a poor person in America? A middle-class job, Numbnuts! But I digress. I was sharing an observation: Wal-Mart’s shelves are Not as luscious, as they once were. Gaps left for PINEAPPLE CHUNKS, With only CRUSHED PINEAPPLE Cans in stock, e.g. So much for that On-line, Real-time, Instant supply-chain, Super-duper Inventory system, Mr. Walton. Arkansas wasn’t such a good idea, after all. Was it Mr. Sam?
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