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On the recordOctober 17, 2011
This is something that we're doing at a time when there just is a refusal to ask people who, in our economy, are doing extraordinarily well.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken criticizes the lack of contributions from the wealthy towards fiscal sustainability.

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