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We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad

We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business. – Marcy Kaptur

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