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Barack Obama: “We can either keep taxes exactly as they are for millionaires and billionaires, or we can ask them to pay at least the…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2011
We can either keep taxes exactly as they are for millionaires and billionaires, or we can ask them to pay at least the same rate as a plumber or a bus driver.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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