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Jamie Raskin: “High-ranking public employees... are underpaid compared to what they could be making in the private sector.”

On the recordMay 17, 2017
High-ranking public employees... are underpaid compared to what they could be making in the private sector.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin highlights the pay disparity between public and private sector jobs.

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