This tax credit will strengthen working families by increasing the money in their pockets, and reducing the worry that hangs over so many Americans.
Barack Obama
The Public Record
When I'm President, we'll work to see that no retiree making less than $50,000 each year has to pay income tax.
Americans are tired of an attitude toward taxing and spending in Washington that is leaving a legacy of debt to our children and grandchildren.
The American people work longer and harder than the people of any other wealthy nation in the world.
It's a simple proposition. That the wealth we earn comes from the work that we do.
I believe that America's free market has been the engine of America's great progress.
Failure is not an American habit; and in the strength of great hope we must all shoulder our common load.
The decisions that are made in New York's high-rises and hedge funds matter and have consequences for millions of Americans across the country.





