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On the recordNovember 19, 2008
one of my real frustrations with the Bush administration, well before the immediate financial crisis, is their refusal to address the reality that even before the crisis, the middle class in this country was in serious decline.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Nov 19, 2008

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of the Bush administration's handling of middle-class issues before the financial crisis.

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