Quotes
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Dan : [the following evening at the bike shop, after Mike Summers's visit to the Conner home; he walks in the door] Can I help you?
Mike Summers : Yeah, Hi, I'm Mike Summers, your state representative. How are you doin'? Yeah, I'm meeting with small businessmen in the area, trying to get a sense of what their conse...
Roseanne : [Roseanne comes in from the back of the shop and sees him] Hey!
Mike Summers : Oh hell no!
[he turns and runs out the front door, with Roseanne hot on his tail]
Roseanne : Hey! Wait up!
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Mike Summers : Hi, I'm Mike Summers, your state representative. How'ya doin'?
Roseanne : Great.
Mike Summers : Good, I'm going door-to-door, trying to get to know my constituents.
Roseanne : Oh, door-to-door, huh. That takes a lot of time. Why don'tcha just go down to the unemployment office, and see everybody all at once.
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Mike Summers : We can't let this area's work-force lay idle. That's why bringing in new business is my number-one priority.
Roseanne : How?
Mike Summers : Through tax incentives. See, we're gonna make it cheaper for out-of-state businesses to set up shop right here in Lanford.
Roseanne : So they get a tax break?
Mike Summers : Yeah, that's why they come here.
Roseanne : Well, who's gonna pay the taxes that they ain't paying?
Mike Summers : Well, you... you will. But you'll be working... good, steady employment.
Roseanne : Union wages?
Mike Summers : Well, now, part of the reason these companies are finding it so expensive to operate in other locations is...
Roseanne : [Roseanne cuts him off] Soooo, they're gonna dump the union, so they can come here and hire us at scab wages, and then for *that* privilege... we get to pay their taxes?
Mike Summers : [pause] Is your husband home?
