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"Middle Class Economics" and Republican Politics
US economic growth may be setting records, but next year's presidential campaign will focus on poverty, stagnant wages and income disparity. That's if some Republican candidates have their way — including Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush — and even Mitt Romney. Eight Republican governors are asking for increased taxes.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readUS economic growth may be setting records, but next year's presidential campaign will focus on poverty, stagnant wages and income disparity. That's if some Republican candidates have their way — including Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush — and even Mitt Romney. Eight Republican governors are asking for increased taxes. Is the GOP really co-opting a core Democratic issue? How does that sound to the Koch Brothers — with plans to spend $900 million on next year's campaigns?
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2 of 3The GOP's New Battleground: Lower and Middle Income America- 1:47Attorney General Nominee Loretta Lynch Faces Senate
- 8:33"Middle Class Economics" and Republican PoliticsYou’re reading this
- 43:02China's Island Factory