tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post7690537664857004737..comments2024-02-26T17:13:18.702-06:00Comments on DemoCurmudgeon: Iowa Oscar Mayer deal takes corporate welfare to a new level! Democurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16336177394503335112noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-42388810956080476722015-11-16T15:56:41.057-06:002015-11-16T15:56:41.057-06:00Isn't John Kerry married into the Heinz family...Isn't John Kerry married into the Heinz family? Seems like this is a big boost for his bottom line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-36299110379132648852015-11-13T13:04:53.367-06:002015-11-13T13:04:53.367-06:00History repeats itself. When Terry Branstad was fi...History repeats itself. When Terry Branstad was first elected governor in 1982, he brought IBP and other cut-rate meat packers into the state. They got tax breaks that let them outbid existing packing plants and put them out of business, costing thousands of union meatpackers their jobs.<br /><br />Under Branstad in the '80s, over 100,000 blue collar Iowans had to leave the state to find work, and their families followed later. That shifted the balance of power in Iowa politics and turned a state that was equally Democratic-Republican-Independent into an older conservative majority.<br /><br />Just like Walker is trying to do in Wisconsin.Mark Gislesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264508885194574116noreply@blogger.com