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                Biden: Middle Class Not Feeling Economic Revival

   by VOA News

   U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says there have been 54 straight months
   of job creation; the longest streak of uninterrupted job growth in U.S.
   history.

   In the [1]weekly White House address, Biden said the job growth is
   great news but "an awful lot of middle class Americans" are still not
   feeling the effects of the recovery.

   Biden said since the year 2000, the Gross Domestic Product has risen by
   24 percent and productivity has risen by 30 percent.  However, the vice
   president said middle class wages during that same time period have
   gone up by only 14 cents.

   He said "it's long past time to cut the middle class back into the
   deal" so they can benefit from the economic growth they helped create.
   The vice president called for a change in the tax code, and to close
   tax loopholes to help reduce the deficit.

   The Republican candidate for Senate in Alaska, Dan Sullivan, said in
   his party's address the federal government is an obstacle to progress
   in his state and called that a national problem, too.

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   ic-revival/2440827.html

References

   1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/weekly-address
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/biden-middle-class-not-feeling-economic-revival/2440827.html