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Economic Boom? Bah!

Posted 7/12/19

To the Editor:

In his June 28 column, CounterPunch publisher Jeffrey St. Clair gives us more statistics (courtesy of Public Citizen) on the so-called “booming economy.” Thirty-nine percent of Americans have $0 in savings, families put up to 30 percent of their income toward child care, 40 percent of Americans hold a second job and one in four make less than $10 an hour.

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