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Barack Obama: We are not going to settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
We are not going to settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the need for economic fairness in his State of the Union address.

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