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Barack Obama: “I believe that when middle-class families are doing well – they've got money in their pockets, they're getting decent…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2012
I believe that when middle-class families are doing well – they've got money in their pockets, they're getting decent wages, they've got some health care security – then we all do better.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Douglas Brinkley of Rolling Stone

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