“My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.”

—  Barack Obama

Comments at an Ohio campaign stop (13 October 2008) http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/13/obama-plumber-plan-spread-wealth/comments/
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