BS: New American Ghost Towns

Subject: BS: New American Ghost Towns
From: Goose Gander
Date: 02 Mar 10 - 12:33 PM

Like Ravenswood, West Virginia . . . .

Subject: RE: BS: New American Ghost Towns
From: pdq
Date: 02 Mar 10 - 12:49 PM

...from the article in the initial post:

"Kaiser's Ravenswood plant created a middle class where there was none. When the United Steelworkers Union was voted in after the plant opened in 1957, the hourly wage jumped from $1.78 to $3.25.

Three decades later, the aluminum works was sold to a group that secretly included Marc Rich, an American commodities trader who was living in Switzerland to avoid charges of violating the U.S. trade ban with Iran."

Note: That is the same Marc Rich who, with his wife, hosted lavish parties for Bill Clinton.

Subject: RE: BS: New American Ghost Towns
From: CarolC
Date: 02 Mar 10 - 01:01 PM

Clinton was never a friend to the blue collar workers. Most of the jobs that were created during his presidency were low paying jobs in the service sector.