Jeff Merkley actually said...

Well, I will conclude with one last question, and that is, up through about the mid-1970s, as productivity increased, the wages of working Americans increased.

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Merkley highlights the correlation between productivity and wage growth until the mid-1970s.

08/04/2010

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