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Corporations are not people, despite what the Supreme Court says, and they don't need or deserve handouts.
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Robert Reich
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 24
Economist
Former United States Secretary Of Labor
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University Teacher
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Robert Bernard Reich
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