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Barack Obama: “I have talked to families who are having to make different choices about the food they buy because they're out an extra…”

On the recordJune 30, 2008
I have talked to families who are having to make different choices about the food they buy because they're out an extra $100 or $150 or even $200 a month that used to go groceries now goes to the gas tank.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama discusses the financial struggles families are facing due to rising gas prices.

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