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Chuck Schumer: “Middle-class incomes are declining in America. To me, that is a greater problem than our debt.”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
Middle-class incomes are declining in America. To me, that is a greater problem than our debt.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

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

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