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Barack Obama: It makes no sense for us to have a first-class economy, but second-class infrastructure.

On the recordDecember 2, 2014
It makes no sense for us to have a first-class economy, but second-class infrastructure.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks to the Business Roundtable and a Question-and-Answer Session

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