Beth Steel Retirees Shafted, While Sharonists Gain $Billions in Freebies. By William Hughes
26 Mar 2003
Submitted by: William Hughes Publisher:
The Palestine Chronicle (3/27/03)
By the end of this month, 95,000 Beth Steel retirees will be without health care and insurance benefits. “Free Trade” policies have helped to kill off the steel industry, while members in the Congress, like Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, did little or nothing to prevent its decline. Meanwhile, the Sharonist regime in Israel is shaking down the Bush Administration for $5 billion in freebies, and pushing for $4 billion more in military hardware, and another $10 billion in loan guarantees. The U.S. Constitution is suppose to promote the “general welfare.” Question for Mikulski and the Congress: “Are you working for the American people or someone else?”
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