Reply #35: I've been saying that since Reagan, actually what I said was that

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the Republicans won't be happy until we are at "The Company Store" mentallity again...Like the coal mines and plantations had (Tennesee Ernie Ford's song "Sixteen Tons") my grandfather worked for the coal mines in West Virginia, the company owned the home and everything around...the employees were not paid in money, they got credits, part of which went to the home, groceries at the company store, clothing at the company store, coal for heat from the company, etc....it's inscription plain and simple...