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Dear Alexa, My friends and I went to the movies last weekend, and at the end of the night I realized I paid more for my popcorn, soda and candy, than I did for my actual movie ticket! Why are movie concessions stands so expensive? Please Explain! Kate Well Kate,... [read more]
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late 1940s:
Harry Truman proposed (unsuccessfully) what is now called a single -payer plan.
Congressmen Richard Nixon and Jacob Javits supported (unsuccessfully) a government