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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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