Barack Obama: “Because who knew what might happen with that other 1 percent?”

On the recordMarch 29, 2015

Because who knew what might happen with that other 1 percent?

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston

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