was also clear to me is that the guy who is wrote these trade agreements wanted very much to have the opportunity to shut down in kenosha or in vermont and move to mexico and move to china, where they could pay people very low wages. you didn t need a ph.d in economics to figure that one out. right. so i gather that all of you would be sympathetic to a major rewrite of our current trade policies, demanding that corporate america start investing in this country and not just in low-wage countries around the world? definitely. definitely. good. [ applause ] good. second question, you got a lot of people, i m sure, in kenosha, i know in my state of vermont, who cannot get by on the 10 or 11 bucks an hour they re making. should we raise the minimum wage to a living wage? no. [ applause ]
employs more americans than coal, in jobs that paid better than average. we re taking steps to give homeowners the freedom to generate and store their own energy. something by the way that environmentalists and tea partiers have teamed up to support. meanwhile, we ve cut our imports of foreign oil by nearly 60% and cut carbon pollution by more than any other country on earth. gas under $2 bucks a gallon ain t bad, either. now we ve got to accelerate the transition away from old dirtier energy sources.
support. meanwhile, we ve cut our imports by nearly strickt60% and cut ca pollution by more than any other country on earth. [ applause ] gas under $2 bucks a gallon ain t bad, either. now we ve got to accelerate the transition away from old dirtier energy sources. rather than subsidize the path, we should invest in the future. especially in communities that rely on fossil fuels. we do them no favor when we don t show them where the trends are going. that s why i m going to push to change the way we manage our oil
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filed a smauls claims suit charging the chicago bears with swumer fraud and asking a judge to award him and his wife the cost of two game tickets, transportation and a baby-sitter for the last game. $58.40 all together. october 1981 they paid 16 bucks each for two seats on the 40 yard line plus 1 bucks for gas plus $15 for a baby-sitter plus $2.40 for tolls and he wanted it all back. his lawsuit claimed that the chicago bear ss were lying to customers when they tried to pass themselves off as a professional team. he did not get his money back from the bears but he tried. and this week another disgruntled illinois man on the sidelines is trying again. except this time he doesn t want his money back from a terrible illinois football team. this time he wants his money back from a terrible illinois congressman. he is suing recently resigned illinois congressman aaron