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    JM>>> When was the last time you heard of a poor person creating   
    JM>>> jobs?   
      
   BK>>It does happen, esp when they start out in a hole in the wall   
   BK>>and build up. However, it's more often the near poor to the   
   BK>>middle class. Not often the rich.   
      
    LL> No more Twinkies due to Hostess going bankrupt and shutting   
    LL> down.   
      
    Don't bet on that. Twinkies are one of the few products they   
    will manage to sell off. Perhaps to managers who buy it out   
    using money from Bain Capital.   
      
    LL> Conservatives will undoubtedly blame labor as being   
    LL> the cause, citing the workers going on strike.  However,   
    LL> what conservatives fail to tell you (or realize) is that   
    LL> even had their been no strike Hostess still would have gone   
    LL> bankrupt and shut down.  The simple fact of the matter is   
    LL> people are not buying or eating Twinkies any more.   
      
    They still are, but not as much. Ok, I haven't had a Twinie for   
    years, maybe a lot of people haven't had one for years.   
      
   BK>>A few years back a study of the Fortune 500 was published. If   
   BK>>found the entire Fortune 500 had not created a net gain of one   
   BK>>single job in a decade or more.   
      
    LL> That statement is misleading, as jobs are in many instances   
    LL> created elsewhere (outside of the USA).   
      
    Ok, I should have specified, jobs in this country.   
      
   BK>>Not in this country anyway. They weren't concerned about China.   
      
    Oh, I did.   
      
    LL> And some companies, such as Hostess, are down for the count.   
    LL> About the only place left where you'll find Twinkies are on   
    LL> eBay. And then only if you hurry.   
      
    The machines in the break room where I work still have them. For   
    now.   
      
      
      
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