Don't Look Back

Posted Sun, 12/23/2007 - 08:35 by rba
The more things don't change, the more they look different, but smell the same. Gettin' so bad even the immigrants are leaving:
Aluisio Carvalho, 66, left a wife and four children behind in Brazil in 2001 when he set off to find work in Boston. Since then, he has managed to pay for the education of his children by working in a restaurant, but is now planning to leave himself in February "Salaries are really low, and living costs are high. We also face too much exploitation at work here, too many demands," he said.
For the rest of us the old saying applies: when you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. :: :: :: [Image @ AmHist Lecture 22, Shultz+Tishler/UWISC.]

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So Truman at least asked?

by avahome - 12/23/2007 - 14:28
or am I getting that wrong?

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