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22. Even Henry Ford knew this.

Reply to Linda ladeewolf (Reply #18)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 03:01 PM

Dec 2025

He was against unions, but his philosophy was to pay his workers enough so they could buy his cars! (My grandfather was one. He worked for Ford for 40 years, and drove Ford cars his whole life.)

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