control, celebrated what the last century has meant for people who have to work for a living. this is just the graph of americans killed annually in mining over the decades. west virginia, right? over there on the left side with roughly 13,000 americans dying in mines in a year, more than 30 americans dying a day in just that one industry. those would be john raese s good old days. the past century has brought us all sorts of anti-capitalism stuff like mining regulations that brought the death rate of miners down to just merely horrifying from apocalyptic. it brought us rules against child labor. also brought us, you know, weekends which many americans find handy to this day. but, remember, democrats don t want to risk a national campaign in these elections by saying republ republicans are looking after rich people and not the middle class. remember, democrats think this year that that message might not
that is supposed to be a joke. john raese is the republican candidate for senate in west virginia. he is the ceo by nepotism of greer industries which mostly produces steel and limestone. his grandparents started greer in 1917. a time for which mr. rf aese is nostalgic. that nostalgia is one of the main bases of his campaign. my family came here from wales in the 1880s and we ve been in the steel business, banking business and several of the other businesses we ve been in. my grandmother was the matriarch of our family. what she created and what she did at the turn of the century still resonates today if we would have that opportunity in this country to bring back capitalism the way my grandmother had those fruits and really ensxwroid it. oh, yes, the good old days f. only we could go back to turn of the century capitalism, the way it used to be. at the turn of the last century the cdc, centers for disease
few days ago to politics daily writer matt lewis when asked about his background in business, he was handed his politician s chance to relate to joe the coal miner and he proceeded to blow that chance totally. tell us a little bit about you and your business experience and how you got here. well, i made my money the old-fashioned way, i inherited it. i hope more people have that opportunity as we abolish inheritance tax in this country. an old joke about the old-fashioned way with money but from his tone i think john raese meant it. i made my money the old-fashioned way. i inherited it. and i think that s a great thing to do. he s either the most dead pan man on earth or he didn t know that is supposed to be a joke. john raese is the republican candidate for senate in west virginia.
democrat jay rockefeller is, after all, a freaking rockefeller. think progress point to an interview that mr. racy gave a few days ago to politics daily writer matt lewis when asked about his background in business, he was handed his politician s chance to relate to joe the coal miner and he proceeded to blow that chance totally. tell us a little bit about you and your business experience and how you got here. well, i made my money the old-fashioned way, i inherited it. i hope more people have that opportunity as we abolish inheritance tax in this country. an old joke about the old-fashioned way with money but from his tone i think john raese meant it. i made my money the old-fashioned way. i inherited it. and i think that s a great thing to do. he s either the most dead pan man on earth or he didn t know
mining over the decades. west virginia, right? over there on the left side with roughly 13,000 americans dying in mines in a year, more than 30 americans dying a day in just that one industry. those would be john raese s good old days. the past century has brought us all sorts of anti-capitalism stuff like mining regulations that brought the death rate of miners down to just merely horrifying from apocalyptic. it brought us rules against child labor. also brought us, you know, weekends which many americans find handy to this day. but, remember, democrats don t want to risk a national campaign in these elections by saying republicans are looking after rich people and not the middle class. remember, democrats think this year that that message might not stick. i made my money the old-fashioned way. i inherited it.