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Barack Obama: The last thing we can afford is four more years of the tired, old theory that says we should give more to billionaires…

On the recordOctober 28, 2008
The last thing we can afford is four more years of the tired, old theory that says we should give more to billionaires and big corporations and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Raleigh

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