“Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.” OpportunityClassMiddleTaxesBenefitsBillsCongressFavorsReliefMiddle ClassWealthyDeficitDeductions Author:Rick Larsen
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenCountryBigsAmericaOpportunityClassMillionsSupportMiddleUnderstoodDollarsInvestmentLocalsOur CountryOne WayProductiveMiddle ClassWealthyCommerceWagesGrandchildrenInfrastructureChamberGrassrootsChamber Of Commerce Author:William J. Clinton
“What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access opportunity, that we are safe, that we are working with our international partners to try to create more order at a time when there's a lot of chaos? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's consistent with our values? As long as I stay focused on those north stars, then I tend not to get too rattled.” PeopleWayTryingLongFeelingsAbleYoungValuesOrderOpportunityStarsDealsClassMiddleSafeChaosInternationalTerrorismFocusedAccessPartnersSecureConsistentMiddle ClassStay FocusedMiddle Class FamilyNorth Star Author:Barack Obama
“We need a Republican Party that shows up on the South side of Chicago and shouts at the top of our lungs, 'We are the party of jobs and opportunity! The GOP is the ticket to the middle class.” NeedsShowsJobsOpportunitySidesPartyClassMiddleRepublicanSouthMiddle ClassChicagoTicketsRepublican PartyLungsGop Author:Rand Paul
“We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.” PeopleWorldFeelsFirstsHardCareAmericaOpportunityStrongNationsVisionClassEconomyGrowingMiddleHard WorkDiversityToleranceMiddle ClassContinuingIndispensableHistoricTolerance And Respect Author:Barack Obama
“70% of children born into poverty will never make it to the middle class. The uncomfortable truth is that there are now a number of other countries with as much or more opportunity than ours. In fact, more people in Canada go on to surpass the income of their parents than in the United States.” PeopleChildrenCountryStatesFactsOpportunityParentBornUnitedNumbersClassPovertyUnited StatesMiddleGoes OnTruth IsIncomeUncomfortableCanadaMiddle ClassOther Countries Author:Marco Rubio
“Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.” PeopleHelpingOpportunityStrongCommunityClassMiddleCollegeHigherSecureMiddle ClassLaddersHigher EducationCommunity College Author:Thomas Perez
“Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in India and China, which is an enormously positive development for those countries that also creates opportunities for the rest of the world.” PeopleWorldHas BeensCountryOpportunityClassPovertyMillionsMiddleCreationDevelopmentIndiaChinaAround The WorldMiddle ClassRobust Author:Dan Quayle