If you make under $250,000 a year, like 98% of American families, your taxes shouldnt go up...Youre the ones who need relief. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The budget compromise should leave us freer to focus on creating new jobs, not creating new crises. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let me just finish their point, because you're looking for contrast. You know, when Governor Romney stood on a stage with other… — 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
Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People'd be like, "Oh, spending taxpayer money." It's like, "No, no, I actually I'm paying for all of this. The only thing… — 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
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up… — 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
What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In order to make the tough decisions we have to know what our values are and who we're fighting for and our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, Governor Romney's proposal that he has been promoting for 18 months calls for a $5 trillion tax cut, on top of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One thing I think we have to do is to make sure that the undocumented workers who are living in America today,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As soon as the recovery is well under way, we need to set up a long-term plan to reduce the structural deficit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow — 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
“When you get rid of the estate tax,” he said, “you’re basically handing over command of the country’s resources to people who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, we all know that we've got to do more. And so I've put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut. And if you make less… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have said that for incomes over $250,000 a year, that we should go back to the rates that we had when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nothing Im proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. Its not a bigger government we need, but a smarter… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do have a difference, though, when it comes to definitions of small business. Under, under my plan, 97 percent of small… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's why independent studies looking at this said the only way to meet Governor Romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit or...or...or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, Governor Romney and I do share a deep interest in encouraging small-business growth. So at the same time that my tax… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So all of this is possible. Now, in order for us to do it, we do have to close our deficit, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended ... that Congress… — 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
