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56representatives to listen as they are supposed to and limit the power ofcorporations. Moore feels this way because people have already given andsuffered enough so, now it’s time for the corporations to serve the people.On the other hand, Reich supports a more passive approach where thepeople meet the corporate leaders half way to negotiate fairer terms.Throughout the current financial crisis we are currently experiencing,corporate executives and Politicians alike often state that on average 99% ofAmericans would be rewarded for accepting “setbacks” and putting in morework to help restore our system. So what exactly was this reward that wasfrequently promised? In “Capitalism: A Love Story” we can see how theworkers at Republic Windows and Doors were rewarded for going the extramile. After the company filed for bankruptcy they fired their entireworkforce, only giving the workers a three day notice. Republic Windows andDoors also did not pay the workers their pensions and other benefits theywere entitled to receive for their service to the company. The employeeswere hard workers who accepted the fact that they had to be let go from thecompany but, they were upset that after all their contribution and hardwork, the company left them with nothing. Moore spoke to one of theworkers who went on to say, “All of the workers here, we go above andbeyond the call of duty for Republic and at the end Republic cares nothingfor us” (Capitalism: A Love Story). The statement made by the workersshows how upset people are about the fact that they are putting so much