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On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
Think about that. That is 288 times more spent to juice their stock than the cost of raising workers' pay--288 times.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Highlighting disparity between stock buybacks and worker pay increases.

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