On the recordApril 13, 2009
It is not sustainable to have an economy where the incomes of the top 1 percent has skyrocketed while the typical working household has seen their incomes decline by nearly $2,000.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “It is not sustainable to have an economy where the incomes of the top 1 percent has skyrocketed while the typical…”
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