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Portrait of Barack Obama Barack Obama,  Build That Better Bargain

“ Thanks to the grit and resilience of the American people, we’ve cleared away the rubble of crisis and begun to lay a new foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth.
But as any middle-class family will tell you, we’re not yet where we need to be. Trends that have been eroding middle-class security for decades – technology that makes some jobs obsolete, global competition that makes others moveable, growing inequality and the policies that perpetuate it – all these things still exist, and in some ways, the recession made them worse.
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Portrait of Barack Obama Barack Obama,  Build That Better Bargain

“ The choices we make now will determine whether or not every American has a fighting chance in the 21st century.
If we don’t make the investments necessary to make America a magnet for good jobs – in education, and manufacturing, and research, and our transportation and information networks – we might as well hit the “pause” button while the rest of the world forges ahead in a global economy. And that’s certainly not going to fix what ails the middle class.
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Portrait of Barack Obama Barack Obama,  Build That Better Bargain

“ And as long as I have the privilege of holding this office, I will spend every minute of every day doing everything in my power to make this economy work for working Americans again; to build that better bargain for the middle class; to make sure that the American Dream is something that’s achievable for everybody – not just today, but for decades to come. ”
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