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fighters are powerless workers in need of rights and justice.
Unions are grieving over lost members while bracing for
uncertainties ahead.  The new war on terror isn't going to be of
much use in combating the present plunge in America's well-
being. Well before the twin towers fell to earth the country was
entering a fierce decline, and it is assuredly going to get
worse.The fall in growth and investment from early 2000 to early
2001 was the fastest since 1945, from 5 percent growth to zero.
So fast, indeed, that people are only now catching on to the
extent of the bad numbers, and battening down the hatches as
bankruptcies begin to rise.  How did we get from the Merrie Then
to the Dismal Now? The bubble in stock prices in those last five
years sparked an investment boom, as corporations found
mountains of cash available, either from the sale of overvalued
stocks or by borrowing money