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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
Instead of a trickle-down economics, which you had for 8 years--we got a trickle up.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline contrasts trickle-down economics with a 'trickle up' approach to economic recovery.

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