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On the recordOctober 15, 2019
Although the Great Recession officially ended 10 years ago, the bottom 50 percent of households have only just retained their wealth, which I find appalling.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal criticizes the slow recovery of wealth for lower-income households post-recession.

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