Word: careful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Your report on the enthusiastic use of free medical and dental care, free hospitalization, medicines, glasses and artificial limbs for the aged in the state of Washington is the best possible argument against nationalized medicine...
...been 11.23? for old-age pensions, 6.27? for death and sickness insurance. The industry had gagged. It was particularly set against the idea of paying for pensions to which the workers themselves did not contribute. But the board, arguing that "a part of normal business costs is to take care of temporary and permanent depreciation in the human 'machine,' " upheld Murray. Although it trimmed his demands, it allowed 6? for pensions (to go into effect next spring), 4? for insurance. Many companies already have insurance plans; they would be taken into consideration. The board figures were the maximum...
...said. "The selfish interests . . . think it will cut down on their own income so they call it 'collectivism' . . . The people want fair laws for labor. The selfish interests . . . mistakenly fear that their profits will be reduced, so they call that 'statism' . . . We don't care what they call it . . . The people want a fair program for the farmers, including an effective price-support program. The selfish interests . . . call this 'socialism.' We don't care what they call...
...selfish interests don't know-they don't care-what these words mean. They are using those words only because they want to turn the American people against the programs which the people want, and need, and voted for. We can afford them, we ought to have them, and we will have them...
...dealt cards with the impersonal fairness and nerveless accuracy of a machine. "Frankie Machine," the Division Street punks called him, or just Dealer. "That's me," he'd brag, "the kid with the golden arm . . . When I go after a wise guy I don't care...