Freeze Profits Not People

Freeze Profits Not People Cause Button Museum
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Cause
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Text on Button FREEZE PROFITS NOT PEOPLE
Image Description

White and blue text on a blue background
Curl Text MEJ 1609 Conn. Ave. N.W. Wash. D.C. 20009
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 3/4 inch
Additional Information

The phrase, “freeze profits, not people,” was very popular with Richard Nixon’s opponents in the mid 1970s. At a corporate funded Boston Tea Party reenactment in 1973, protesters took over the event throwing oil barrels into the water holding signs that read “freeze profits, not people” as well as “Down the King Richard” referring to President Nixon. The phrase has been used in common speech after that time to protest increasing utility rates and shut-offs of heat or power during the winter.
Catalog ID CA0516