Barack Obama actually said...

We will provide real tax relief for the middle class by cutting taxes for 150 million Americans.

My heart goes out to the families in Illinois and across the Midwest, who have been forced to flee their own homes, and leave their business...

While we cannot assure them that their communities will be rebuilt overnight, we can assure them that they will be rebuilt.

I will do everything in my power to see to it that those resources get to the people who need them as swiftly as possible.