Obama's Austin town hall meeting: A summary

Courtesy That Other Paper  Fri, 02/29/2008 - 3:36pm

Mr. Obama focused heavily on economics and education, touching on subjects such as restoring tax fairness, homeownership and the subprime mortgage crisis, strengthening workers’ rights, and combating poverty.

He also fielded questions from Austinites.

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