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Jeff Merkley: “So in short, if concentration of wealth at the top was the key, we would have more jobs now than ever before.”

On the recordMay 6, 2014
So in short, if concentration of wealth at the top was the key, we would have more jobs now than ever before.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Argues that wealth concentration does not lead to job creation.

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