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On the recordJune 20, 2016
I would suggest that the numbers themselves bear out the fact that perhaps the anemic recovery is not a recovery for those folks working paycheck to paycheck.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott highlights the disconnect between economic recovery statistics and the reality for working-class Americans.

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