This is not John Wayne’s America. This is Gordon Gekko’s America. In fact, I’m pretty sure that if [John Wayne] faced one of these CEOs in a John Ford film, he’d kick some ass and force the leech to start treating his workers fair.
This is not John Wayne's America. This is Gordon Gekko's America. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if [John Wayne] faced one of these CEOs in a John Ford film, he'd kick some ass and force the leech to start treating his workers fair.
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