Jeff Merkley actually said...

Does the preservation and expansion of the middle class in our country depend upon the expansion of manufacturing, or are there alternative strategies to have a large percentage of Americans in the middle class?

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Merkley questions the reliance on manufacturing for middle-class stability.

03/30/2009

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