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Barack Obama: That’s what middle-class economics is -- the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
That’s what middle-class economics is -- the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, everyone plays by the same set of rules.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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