"After a breakthrough year for America, our..." - Quote by Barack Obama
After a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.
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“Assault weapons ban reintroduced.”
“It was young people who stubbornly insisted on justice, stubbornly refused to accept the world as it is that transformed not just the country but transformed the world.”
“I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.”
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“America is the first country where people go to the poor house in their car.”
“Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.”
“Now that knowledge is taking the place of capital as the driving force in organizations worldwide, it is all too easy to confuse data with knowledge and information technology with information.”
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“In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number of new jobs created by our economy. Something is fundamentally wrong when we have millions of American citizens and legal residents begging for jobs, and yet we are admitting thousands and thousands of immigrants a year with virtually no consideration to our employment needs or their employment skills.”
“I would like to go fishing and catch a fish stick. That would be convenient. I could easily get a job at Mrs. Paul's.”
“When the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce the structural deficits and debts that countries experience.”