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Robert Reich: “The American public was promised--you recall, before the Trump tax cuts, that everybody would get a raise, a wage raise…”

On the recordApril 4, 2022
The American public was promised--you recall, before the Trump tax cuts, that everybody would get a raise, a wage raise, and that there would be a huge new round of investments in America. Neither of those came to pass.
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Robert Reich

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Reich discusses the unfulfilled promises of wage increases from the Trump tax cuts.

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