Helen Whittaker, who jumped ship from state to private sector, believes she is better off all round.

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The Reagan administration began using private companies, which process and ship the blanks to the Mint's West Point, N.

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Democrats, for their part, hint that bosses like Mr Romney, founder of a private-equity firm, willingly ship jobs abroad because they put profits before people.

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