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Ron Wyden: “Yet to date, in terms of real wages, they are basically flat like pancakes.”

On the recordAugust 21, 2018
Yet to date, in terms of real wages, they are basically flat like pancakes.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden critiques the promised wage increases from tax cuts as unfulfilled.

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