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Barack Obama: If you want real change - if you want an economy that rewards work, and that works for Main Street and Wall Street; if…

On the recordOctober 21, 2008
If you want real change - if you want an economy that rewards work, and that works for Main Street and Wall Street; if you want tax relief for the middle class and millions of new jobs.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Richmond

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