Who is “The Man”?

You speak about sticking it to “the man”.  (You can see I am new here).  From the context, I assume this means big banks, big insurance, big phrama, etc.  How close am I?

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You got it!

Posted by: Mr_Blue on 2010 01 27

“The man” is what you described but it is also elected officials who prefer to represent the interests you mentioned instead of their constituents.

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