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On the recordJuly 25, 2011
We just had last week a study correlating the corporate profits that are being reported across the corporate sector and buoying the stock market with low wages.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Highlighting the connection between corporate profits and stagnant wages for workers.

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