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The Boundless Generosity Of Hess Employees

by Greg Sargent
08.04.08 | 2:22 pm

It looks like generosity towards McCain’s presidential efforts extends into the lower ranks of Hess Corporation personnel.

A Hess “office manager” and her husband, an Amtrak worker, both chipped in $28,500 apiece on the same day that all those Hess execs did.

Late Update: Turns out the two rent their home in middle class Flushing, Queens.

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