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Barack Obama: “We should be insisting that everyone pays their fair share, and when I'm President, they will.”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2007
We should be insisting that everyone pays their fair share, and when I'm President, they will.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Announces Major Middle Class Tax Relief Plan

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