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Growing up, I actually preferred watching the working class struggles on Roseanne compared to the light-hearted family conflicts portrayed on Full House. The Conner family always seemed to be drowning in perpetual debt and problems, yet the family took each day at a time staying afloat by being well-armed with their sense of humor and humility.

uhuh-she-said:

Mike Summers (The State Representative): Bringing in new business is my number one priority.

Roseanne: How?

Mike Summers: Through tax incentives. See, we’re going to 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: Yea. That’s why they come here

Roseanne: Well whose going to pay the taxes that they aint paying?

Mike Summers: Well y-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—

Roseanne: So, they’re gonna dump the unions so they can come here and hire us at scab wages, and then for that privilege we get to pay their taxes.

Mike Summers: Is your husband home?

This show is on Netflix Watch Instantly. Take the rest of the day off. Tell your boss that the Colorlines.com Tumblr account said it’s cool.