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On the recordFebruary 17, 2004
They promised in the first tax they'd create 500,000 jobs. They lost a million or more. In the next tax cut, they promised another 800,000 jobs. They lost another two million.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry critiques the Bush administration's job creation promises.

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