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Barack Obama: “Taking that money out of the economy now would do extraordinary harm to the economy.”

On the recordDecember 4, 2011
Taking that money out of the economy now would do extraordinary harm to the economy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Payroll Tax Cuts and Unemployment Insurance

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