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It was only the second time since Harry S. Truman's State of the Union address in 1948 that such a speech by a Democratic president did not include a single mention of poverty or the plight of the poor. The closest Obama got to a mention was his confirmation for "Americans who've seen their paychecks dwindle or their jobs disappear" that, indeed, "the world has changed. The competition for jobs is real." I'm sure they appreciated that.

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