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's proposed tax cuts and spending cuts, which he dismissed as a Bush-style "top down" economic policy. "Just like we've tried their plan, we tried our plan -- and it worked," he added later in the speech. "That's the difference. That's the choice in this election. That's why I'm running for a second term."
Obama made these comments in Oakland, where the unemployment rate was 13.7 percent in May 2012. The national unemployment rate is 8.2 percent -- up from 8.1 percent in May -- for the second straight month.
To prove that his economic plans have "worked," Obama cited the auto industry bailouts. "I refused to turn my back on a great industry and American workers," he said. "Three years later, the American auto industry has come roaring back."