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On the recordJuly 9, 2012
When we grow best, it's because our middle class is doing well and everybody who's fighting to get into the middle class.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks to an Overflow Crowd at a Campaign Rally in Cedar Rapids

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