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Bill de Blasio: “That inequality, that feeling of a few doing very well while so many flipped further behind. That is the defining…”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
That inequality, that feeling of a few doing very well while so many flipped further behind. That is the defining challenge of our times.
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Bill de Blasio
Democratic · New York

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Bill de Blasio discusses income inequality as a major challenge facing society.

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