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Barack Obama: Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

On the recordOctober 14, 2008
Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Londonderry

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