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Jack Reed: “Let me just ask a broader question, which is, your comment, this growing documented inequality in income in the United…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
Let me just ask a broader question, which is, your comment, this growing documented inequality in income in the United States, does it pose both economic and social risks to the country?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed questions the economic and social risks of income inequality.

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