. >> senator merkly? >> thank you for this discussion. >> i want to reinforce the budget, we should think about the current state of affairs in america. the current state of affairs is a large portion of the economy is going to very few. large percentage of the wealth is held by very few. but another key point is that we are losing living wage jobs. by one estimate, 60% of the jobs we lost in the great recession were living wage jobs and less than 40% of those we're recovering our living wage gojo. is that a piece of the puzzle you have insight on? >> i can't speak to the precise numbers off hand. but you're certainly correct that the -- a number of decades now a larger share of total income has gone to people at the very top of the income zrp distribution and other people experienced very little increase in their standard of living. >> the reason i want to emphasize this living wage job is when folks have living wage jobs, they don't need other programs and reduces the government expenditures considerabl

. >> senator merkly? >> thank you for this discussion. >> i want to reinforce the budget, we should think about the current state of affairs in america. the current state of affairs is a large portion of the economy is going to very few. large percentage of the wealth is held by very few. but another key point is that we are losing living wage jobs. by one estimate, 60% of the jobs we lost in the great recession were living wage jobs and less than 40% of those we're recovering our living wage gojo. is that a piece of the puzzle you have insight on? >> i can't speak to the precise numbers off hand. but you're certainly correct that the -- a number of decades now a larger share of total income has gone to people at the very top of the income zrp distribution and other people experienced very little increase in their standard of living. >> the reason i want to emphasize this living wage job is when folks have living wage jobs, they don't need other programs and reduces the government expenditures considerabl