We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Middle-class economics means helping working families feel more secure in a world of constant change. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Education was the gateway to opportunity for me and for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is our generation's task...to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth...a rising, thriving middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To grow our middle class, our citizens must have access to the education and training that todays jobs require. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We believe that Americas prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We won't grow the middle class simply by shifting the cost of health care or college onto families that are already struggling. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. I'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I put forward a budget of what I called "middle-class economics" that continues to be fiscally prudent but makes necessary investments for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's talk about taxes, because I think it's instructive. Now, four years ago, when I stood on this stage, I said that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I told the American people that I'd cut taxes for middle class families, and I did. I told you I'd cut taxes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy, because the only way to pay for it without either burdening… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our job as Americans is to restore that basic bargain that says, if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a certain percentage of the white population ... if they started having more middle-class black kids who are friends with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we have to do is make sure that here in America, if you work hard, you can get ahead. If you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every single thing I've done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The president is eager to get to work and looks forward to working with the new Congress on policies that will make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, that's not my analysis. That's the analysis of economists who have looked at this. And, and that kind of top, top-down… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections and give more and more to the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known. I believe in self-reliance and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
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