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Old January 15th 04, 07:58 PM
nemo l'ancien
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Antd that is what? Freedom?

In War Is a Racket, an exposé of profiteering, U.S. Marine Corp Maj.
Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler wrote: "At least 21,000 new
millionaires and billionaires were made in the United States during
the World War."

Big businesses—particularly the iron, steel, and munitions
industries—made a killing between 1914 and 1918. American Sugar
Refining Company registered profits of 300 percent; Anaconda Copper,
more than 300 percent; Bethlehem Steel, more than 800 percent; Central
Leather Company, 1,100 percent; DuPont, more than 950 percent; General
Chemical Company, 1,400 percent; International Nickel Company, 1,700
percent; U.S. Steel, more than 200 percent; and Utah Copper, more than
400 percent.

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Old January 23rd 04, 07:20 PM
Domenico Rosa
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nemo l'ancien wrote in message ...
Antd that is what? Freedom?

In War Is a Racket, an exposé of profiteering, U.S. Marine Corp Maj.
Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler wrote: "At least 21,000 new
millionaires and billionaires were made in the United States during
the World War."


General Smedley Butler's "War is a Racket" is available at:

http://lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

DR
 




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