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On the recordDecember 12, 2007
And one of the reasons that we've lost jobs, we have trouble creating jobs, we're having trouble growing and strengthening the middle class, is because corporate power and greed have literally taken over the government.
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John Bel 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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