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Middle Class Economics and Republican politics.

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U.S. 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.

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brothers with plans to spend $900 million on next year's campaigns? Today's talking point, why is

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In his state of the union message, the president bragged about record economic growth and said middle-class economics works. But average American incomes haven't gone up significantly since 1973 and

Republican politicians have noticed. Will they try to steal the issue from Democrats in the presidential

campaign? Today's talking point, as the U.S. pivots toward Asia, China is building five artificial islands in the South China Sea.

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