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James Talarico: “Our wages, our income, our pay has remained stagnant or it's…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 03:21

This affordability crisis has really hit its peak, especially over the last few years as prices have skyrocketed. But it's been a problem 50 years in the making. Our wages, our income, our pay has remained stagnant or it's declined. Our power in the economy has been chipped away at. And so we're trying to tell the big story about what's happened to the middle class in this country. (03:21–03:27)

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Asserts that wages and income have been stagnant or declining.

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