Republicans, Democrats, and Inequality

tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — The incomes of middle-class and working poor families have grown much less robustly under Republican presidents than when Democrats are in the White House. The Census Bureau's Historical Income Tables show that, since 1948, middle-class incomes have grown more than twice as fast under Democrats, while the incomes of working poor families have grown six times as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans. Only families near the top of the income distribution have done about equally well under both parties.

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