Bill Clinton: “Most Americans, when you look at the purchasing power of their income…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1996

Most Americans, when you look at the purchasing power of their income, are working for about what they were 10, 15, 18 years ago.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Community in Mason City, Iowa

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