Barack Obama: “I do not understand the argument that that somehow grows the economy…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2013

I do not understand the argument that that somehow grows the economy or strengthens the middle class.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Jackie Calmes and Michael D. Shear of the New York Times

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