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Tom Harkin: But since the 1970s, that social contract has disappeared.

On the recordJune 22, 2011
But since the 1970s, that social contract has disappeared.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Harkin states that the agreement supporting the middle class has eroded since the 1970s.

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