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Mandela Barnes: “Corporate greed closed down factories across the industrial…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Interview with Mandela Barnes for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 16:53

And those jobs didn't just, you know, grow legs. And the factory didn't just grow legs, hop on a plane or a boat and go overseas. It was corporate greed. And that Corporate greed closed down factories across the industrial Midwest. But it happened particularly with a devastating impact in Wisconsin. And it is no different than the corporatization of our family farms here in Wisconsin. (16:53–17:00)

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Asserts that corporate greed led to factory closures in the Midwest.

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