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Checkmate for royalists

To the Editor:

Franklin D. Roosevelt called them “economic royalists.” They’ve made chess moves for 30 years to control government to enrich themselves even further.

They got free trade agreements they knew would allow them to outsource production costs and increase profits, and right-to-work (for less) laws that undermined unions. 

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