Since the mid-1970s, 1975 through now, we have had four decades in which virtually zero--well, let me put it different--virtually 100 percent of the new income has gone to the top 10 percent of Americans, leaving basically 9 out of 10 Americans in our economy out in the cold.
Merkley highlights income inequality and its relation to manufacturing shifts.
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