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Barack Obama: That means the average middle class family with children, according to this study, would be hit with a tax increase of…

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
That means the average middle class family with children, according to this study, would be hit with a tax increase of more than $2,000.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Mansfield

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