Sunday, May 29, 2011

The More Things Change...

"I can hire half of the working class to kill the other half." Jay Gould 1836-1892, Railroad Baron and Financier on his strike-breaking methods in the Great Southwestern Railroad Strike of 1886.


"Use live ammunition." Jeff Cox, Deputy Attorney General for the State of Indiana on how to deal with those in Madison, Wisconsin protesting Gov. Scott Walker's "budget repair" bill, which stripped public employees of their right to collective bargaining.