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Bobby Scott: This is if you are making 50 to $75,000, you are on average, the average income group, $132. Below that you hardly need…

On the recordMarch 11, 2004
This is if you are making 50 to $75,000, you are on average, the average income group, $132. Below that you hardly need any ink to draw the bar. However, if you are making more than $1 million, you explode way off the chart.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing income distribution and its representation in a chart.

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