LA Port Strike: 'A Billion Here, A Billion There...'
James Bryson Hyatt
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Posted 02.04.2013
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$1-billion-a-day figure estimating the costs of the Port of Los Angeles/Port of Long Beach strike was trotted out quickly and promoted widely, because it's attention-getting. And possibly, because it serves certain political objectives. But it's not accurate.
