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Michael Bennet: “It is about job growth and wage growth in the United States and whether we can recouple those things together.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
It is about job growth and wage growth in the United States and whether we can recouple those things together.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet emphasizes the importance of job and wage growth alongside GDP growth.

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