So we have stacked the deck against ourselves.

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If we looked at all the odds stacked against us as a retail bike shop, why would we have any confidence whatsoever that anyone would actually make the effort of stopping by our store to buy a bike?

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We stacked our armchairs on one side of the room and arranged another set of chairs around folding tables.

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We talked about how the decks all too often were stacked in favor of special interests and against the interests of working Americans.

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