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Barack Obama: The last thing a typical middle class family can afford is a $2,200 tax hike at the beginning of next year.

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
The last thing a typical middle class family can afford is a $2,200 tax hike at the beginning of next year.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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White House Statement on the Senate's Passage of the Middle Class Tax Cut Extension

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