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Chuck Schumer: “Our greatest problem is that middle class incomes are declining in America for the first time in American history.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
Our greatest problem is that middle class incomes are declining in America for the first time in American history.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer highlights the decline of middle class incomes as a critical issue.

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