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   Person Familiar With the Matter to Webbster   
   Re: What Percent of Retirees - are as ig   
   02 Jan 26 11:15:54   
   
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   From: PFWTM@cumcast.net   
      
   On 12/22/2025 3:53 PM, Webbster wrote:   
   > Henry Ford's success was because he paid his workers better than other   
   > rich capitalists so that they could afford to buy his product.   
      
   Henry Ford made the automobile affordable for the masses, which was a   
   successful formula copied by other American car manufacturers.  It was a   
   bonus for his workers that they were well paid, but their pay checks   
   were not the only reason for Ford's success.   
      
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   "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of   
   doubt, while the stupid people are full of confidence.” —Charles Bukowski   
      
   "When guns are outlawed, only foreign invaders and the government   
   officials that invited them in will have guns."   
      
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