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Article: Remember `corporate greed'? Voters, not candidates, are pressing the issue now
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 4, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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For a while, it seemed like America was headed for class warfare
this election year, what with all the talk of company downsizing and
corporate responsibility.
You remember: In February, GOP presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan
called to arms the "peasants with pitchforks" against "corporate
butchers." A Newsweek cover story in March was titled: "Corporate
Killers." In the cold days of the early Republican primaries,
President Clinton and Bob Dole were tripping over each other in their
eagerness to respond to all the untapped anger.
It surprised the sleepy liberals. It irritated the moneyed
conservatives.
But that was then. Today, the issue is notable for its absence.
Buchanan can't even get a ...