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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia: “Rents in America have steadily increased, while working-class people have seen their wages remain stagnant.”

On the recordOctober 21, 2019
Rents in America have steadily increased, while working-class people have seen their wages remain stagnant.
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas

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Garcia discusses the disparity between rising rents and stagnant wages for working-class Americans.

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