Kerry Firm in Economic Stance

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THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Kerry Firm in Economic Stance
By Matea Gold, Times Staff Writer

FROM: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kerry9jun09,1,7442784.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
On a day when he paid his respects to former President Reagan, Sen. John F. Kerry dipped his feet back into political waters, saying Tuesday he was not going to alter his critique of the Bush administration's economic policies despite recent job growth.

"A wage recession is a wage recession," Kerry said, referring to the generally stagnant state of personal incomes.

He also told reporters on a flight from Washington to Los Angeles: "People not affording healthcare, not affording tuitions, having troubles, are not changed at all by anything that is taking place."

The presumed Democratic presidential nominee for the most part steered clear of partisan matters during a 20-minute conversation, hewing to his decision to suspend overt politicking this week out of deference to Reagan's death.

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