I have been a strong proponent of pay-as-you-go. Every dollar that I've proposed, I've proposed an additional cut so that it matches. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars. — 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
Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I… — 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
I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a… — 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
Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My tax plan will cut taxes for 95 percent of workers, because we need to put money back into the pockets of… — 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
I think the American people have a generous instinct. They understand that we're a nation of immigrants. But if those folks are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The amount of interaction, the amount of understanding that exists in your generation among people of different races and different creeds and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Cutting our education budget, that's not a smart choice. That will not help America compete with China. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Cutting benefits is not the right answer. Raising the retirement age is not the best option. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every… — 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
The bottom line is this - whereas Iran was steadily expanding its nuclear program, we have now cut off every single path… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that… — 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
I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This self-reflection, this willingness to examine ourselves, to make corrections, to do better, that's part of what makes us Americans. It's part… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent… — 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 Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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