Average person Quote by Barack Obama

The middle class will pay less and people making $1 million or more will begin to contribute slightly more. Let me give you one…

— Joe Biden

They're saying no. They're holding hostage the middle class tax cut to the super wealthy. And on top of that, they've got another tax…

— Joe Biden

Anyone who has followed the U.S. economy in recent years can tell you while corporate America and their wealthy executives have recovered from the…

— James P. Hoffa

Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political…

— Dee Dee Myers

A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.

— Martin O'Malley

The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.

— Keith Ellison

There's no such thing as median income; there's a curve, and it really matters what side of the curve you're on. There's no such…

— Marc Andreessen

While households that make anywhere from $48,000 to $250,000 can call themselves middle class, to group such a wide range of incomes under one…

— Alissa Quart

There will be a big tax cut for the middle class. But any tax cuts we have for the upper class will be offset…

— Steve Mnuchin

At the same time, it's people that are employed - many folks - but they're still not earning enough to get into the middle…

— Julian Castro

We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

Having a decent share of the national wealth for the middle class is not bad for growth. It is actually useful both for equity…

— Thomas Piketty