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On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
Since the 70s, economic growth for middle class and low income workers has only risen actually by one-third while income for the top 1 percent has tripled.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Barbara Lee highlights the disparity in economic growth between classes.

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