It was a failure of leadership and imagination in Washington - the culmination of decades of decisions that were made or put off without regard to the realities of a global economy and the growing inequality it's produced.
Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama To Deliver Major Economic Policy Address At Janesville General Motors Assembly Plant
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