On the recordJuly 31, 2008
If we want to create jobs, we should do more to make work pay for ordinary Americans, not boost the profits of oil companies.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“If we want to create jobs, we should do more to make work pay for ordinary Americans, not boost the profits of oil companies.”
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