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John Garamendi: “This is an interesting chart that I came across a while ago. It talks about income growth, the issue you were just…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
This is an interesting chart that I came across a while ago. It talks about income growth, the issue you were just talking about: How does an individual rise and climb the economic ladder and what kind of success do they have? This is the income growth from 1996 to 2011. I kind of displayed this on a football field. Years ago I played football with some modest success.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jun 11, 2013

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