There is an amazing conversational exchange in The Godfather<\/i>, when Bonasera asks Vito Corleone to do him a favor, and says he is willing to pay. Corleone responds to Bonasera as follows: “Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day…”<\/p>\n
What Bonasera doesn’t realize is that he has just made a deal with the Devil. The time will come when that favor comes due. And when that happens, there will be no choice of backing out of the deal.<\/p>\n
It seems that our country may be witnessing a similar scene playing out on a very large scale. Except in this case, the favor involves the price of steel.<\/p>\n
More tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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