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Ayanna Pressley: “The wealth held by the bottom 90 percent of Americans is rapidly shrinking.”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
The wealth held by the bottom 90 percent of Americans is rapidly shrinking.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley emphasizes the declining wealth of the majority of Americans.

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