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Adopt A Federal Worker

NPR
Published January 7, 1996 at 11:00 PM CST

Satirist Harry Shearer suggests that the GOP plan to eliminate Federal jobs could be helped by an effort to find private support for individual workers. He has Newt Gingrich pitching for folks to help one Air Traffic Controller. By sponsoring this this air traffic controller, the sponsor can find out how many collisions have been avoided by her and who she's dating.

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