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Janice Schakowsky: But those successes are not universally shared. Inequality is at its highest point since the Great Depression…

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
But those successes are not universally shared. Inequality is at its highest point since the Great Depression, unemployment is stuck hovering around 8 percent and wages are stagnant--as they have been for decades--for most American workers.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky highlights economic inequality and stagnant wages despite corporate profits.

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