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Barack Obama: When middle class folks... they're getting a decent wage... that's how we make the economy grow.

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
When middle class folks... they're getting a decent wage... that's how we make the economy grow.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Akron

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