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On the recordSeptember 15, 2011
That is a question we have to ponder. We need great minds like the Senator's to figure out the answer. If we just blame the recession and think it will come back up, it won't. The kinds of structural changes my colleague talks about are so needed if we are not going to have a continually declining middle class, even in a period of growth. Am I right about that assumption?
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Sep 15, 2011

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