Joe Whitley, like his father before him, worked at the same Kansas City steel company for 29 years before losing his job and health benefits when it filed bankruptcy. Romney and Bain... "They used us just like we were the scrap steel
August 14, 2012

Joe Whitley, like his father before him, worked at the same Kansas City steel company for 29 years before losing his job and health benefits when it filed bankruptcy.

Romney and Bain... "They used us just like we were the scrap steel that we melted, you know, we were just a means to an end," Whitley said.

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