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Barack Obama: We can't balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of this recession.

On the recordAugust 1, 2011
We can't balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of this recession.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the Federal Budget

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