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Oct 29, 2010 11:30 am  November 2, Creative Destruction and
‘Repealing the 20th century’  By Roger Bybee  Millionaire
plastics manufacturer and Senate candidate Ron Johnson.    Well,
in a free-market capitalist system, there are always winners and
losers. It's creative destruction. That just happens. It's
unfortunate. But let's face it, if it weren't for that we'd
still have buggy whip companies. —Senate candidate Ron Johnson
(R-Wisc.)  As gutsy progressive Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.)
has come storming back in recent weeks despite the predicted
Republican avalanche, Mr. Johnson is learning that "creative
destruction" is not a good campaign slogan.  Feingold
highlight's Johnson's use of "creative destruction" in a
powerful new  ad featuring workers from Kimberly Paper
explaining how they lost their jobs when new owner NewPaper shut
down the most productive and technologically advanced paper
plant in the state (as discussed here. and here).  Yet