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http://swampland.time.com/2013/02/04/the-most-important-chart-in-american-politics/?hpt=hp_t2

There is a single chart three colored lines on a grid that shapes the political reality of this country. During the 2012 campaign, one of President Obamas senior strategists called it the North Star and started his internal PowerPoint presentations with it. When Republican majority leader Eric Cantor speaks on Tuesday about his vision for the future of the Republican Party, the charts central message will bind together his words. The chart tracks three economic trends in the U.S. over the last two decades, between 1992 and 2009. The first two lines productivity and per capita gross domestic product are...

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