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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Steelworker, A Pipefitter, A Welder, A Ditch Digger...
God could have created any one of these individuals; however we ALL contribute something to the good of our nation...
A single individual did nothing to get us where we are today.
We did this TOGETHER.
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A Steelworker, A Pipefitter, A Welder, A Ditch Digger... (Original Post)
Earth_First
Feb 2013
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Inadvertently, That Ad Just Eviscerated A Longstanding Republican Talking Point
ChoppinBroccoli
Feb 2013
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. This is in response to that Dodge Ram Super Bowl commercial?
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)2. It is... n/t
NMDemDist2
(49,313 posts)3. my husband grew up on a farm
and his brother and cousin still run it and he was laughing his ass off
dballance
(5,756 posts)4. I'm Just Really Not Sure What I'm Supposed to Take Away From the Dodge Ad
I'm not sure at all what they were trying to get at with that ad.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)5. Inadvertently, That Ad Just Eviscerated A Longstanding Republican Talking Point
It's an argument I've been using for years.
Republican talking point: If you work hard, you'll get rich.
My argument, and this ad, provide the appropriate response. Few people work harder than the American farmer. Know any rich ones?