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'CASINO JACK' Abramoff was a legislative hit man. When a corporation needed a bill killed in the US Congress, they hired him. He got the job done, even for the most sordid of clients, including sweatshop owners. From 1995 to 2002, Abramoff was paid $9 million for successfully lobbying to exclude the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US protectorate, from minimum-wage laws, allowing manufacturers to tag their products 'Made in the USA' while paying their workers $3.05 an hour.
CANADA'S NEWLY elected Conservative minority government, led by Stephen Harper, was sworn into office in Ottawa, last month. The Conservatives were brought to power after a festering political crisis had brought down the previous Liberal government only 15 months after the 2004 election. Robert Messing, Socialist Alternative (CWI) Toronto
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