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On the recordDecember 12, 2007
And one of the reasons that we have lost jobs, we're having trouble creating jobs, we are having trouble growing and strengthening the middle class is because corporate power and greed have literally taken over the government.
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Elaine Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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John Edwards discusses the impact of corporate power on job creation and the middle class.

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