President Obama is fighting to grow the economy from the middle class out, not the top down.
Before President Obama took office, the economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month. Now, we've seen 35 consecutive months of job growth and more than 6.1 million new private-sector jobs.
End tax breaks for companies to ship jobs overseas and reward companies that hire here at home.
Partner with businesses and communities to train American workers for high-tech manufacturing jobs.
Slash reliance on foreign oil, create jobs and cut energy costs by doubling renewable energy production.
Create jobs and help businesses by fixing the roads, bridges and other infrastructure most in need of repair first.
Provide high-quality preschool for every child so they’re prepared and on the path to opportunity from an early age.
Redesign high schools to teach our kids the real world skills they need to find a job.
Rein in the cost of college for families by rewarding quality schools that make higher education affordable.
Fix our broken immigration system so everyone plays by the same rules and we attract the best and brightest workers.
Reward work by raising the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour for 15 million Americans so an honest day’s work pays more.
Partner businesses with communities hit hard by the recession to help them rebuild and provide job training that puts people back to work.
Strengthen families by securing equal pay for equal work and encouraging fatherhood.
Cut spending and ask the wealthy to do their fair share to finish the job of $4 trillion in balanced deficit reduction.
Make our tax code more simple, fair and competitive by eliminating tax loopholes for the wealthy and big corporations.
Strengthen entitlements by cutting subsidies to prescription drug companies and asking more of wealthy seniors.