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Thom Hartmann: Workers who make Twinkies are screwed but not the CEOs
David Cay Johnston, Reuters, joins Thom Hartmann. The corruption of American capitalism by Reaganomic deregulation is on full display at Hostess Brands company. Kids in American have been eating Twinkies since 1930. But the people running the corporation that manufactures Twinkies might have just broken the law. The story of CEO greed at the Twinkie factory - and what it means for American capitalism in general...
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