Jack Welch still thinks the government did some fuzzy math
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By Alex HalperinTopics: 2012 Elections, Cable News, Jack Welch, Chris Matthews, Media, MSNBC, Elections News, Business News, News, Politics News
Prodigious firer of employees and former captain of industry Jack Welch ended his day with some conspiracy-mongering on “Hardball.”
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