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On the recordFebruary 29, 2000
I say to the Senator, my guess is when we are talking about the upper 20 percent of America, we are not talking about those of 75,000 or less; we are probably talking about $75,000 annual income or more.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing income brackets during a Senate debate.

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