We cannot ignore the fact that we’ve been digging ourselves out of the hole from the 2007 financial crisis & the middle-class has shrunk.
Last week, the @uscensusbureau reported middle-class household incomes had increased. This is good news, but we must look deeper.
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@uscensusbureau data may show that progress is being made, but it’s very clear most Americans are not feeling this economic growth. -
People are frustrated. They have bills to pay and children to feed, all while the cost of goods and services have risen exponentially.
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We must do more to raise wages & create jobs. It’s time we start listening to working families instead of just looking at the numbers.
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I want to hear how your life has been impacted. Have you felt an increase or decrease in household income? Tweet me your thoughts.
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Not mine, Congresswoman Gabbard, and not that of anywone I know.
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Somehow I don't think the census bureau reflects the life style of the people I see sleeping on the sidewalks.
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Median shifting around isn't reality post-Stockman GAO shenanigans. Reality is the 1% vs. the 99%.
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how about a bill to legalize marijuana?
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could have fooled me.
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