Barack Obama actually said...

"If you want real change - if you want an economy that rewards work, and that works for Main Street and Wall Street; if you want tax relief for the middle class and millions of new jobs; then I ask you..."

"It's also important that we continue to work with governments around the globe to confront what is truly a global crisis."

"We need policies that grow our economy from the bottom-up, so that every American, everywhere, has the chance to get ahead."

"Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class."