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Barack Obama: When middle-class families do well, the entire economy does well.

On the recordOctober 17, 2012
When middle-class families do well, the entire economy does well.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show

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