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Steve Cohen: Income inequality, purchasing ability inequality, the middle class and consumer, they have got nowhere to go.

On the recordJune 6, 2012
Income inequality, purchasing ability inequality, the middle class and consumer, they have got nowhere to go.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen highlights the struggles of the middle class amid rising income inequality.

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