"For example, the papers today are filled with stories about businesses dropping health coverage for employees. We provided a substantial package for our staff at the Stratford Inn. However, were we operating today, those costs would exceed $150,000 a year for health care on top of salaries and other benefits. There would have been no reasonably way for us to absorb or pass on these costs."
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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian, author, [[w:United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representat
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