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Barack Obama: “We need to stop giving those tax cuts to corporations and CEOs on Wall Street, and start standing up for families out on…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2008
We need to stop giving those tax cuts to corporations and CEOs on Wall Street, and start standing up for families out on Main Street.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Greensboro

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