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Paul Tonko: What does grow jobs is strengthening purchasing power so that as the middle class of America, which is the engine that…

On the recordJune 23, 2011
What does grow jobs is strengthening purchasing power so that as the middle class of America, which is the engine that drives the economy, has the available cash to purchase things, to be out there and allow for the upper strata to have their products sold, purchased, you're going to destroy purchasing power of many households, senior households, those who have to save $182,000 before they qualify as seniors. That's going to drain this economy.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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Jun 23, 2011

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