Today, President Obama will deliver a major speech aimed at pivoting back to growing the economy, with special attention devoted to strengthening the middle class.? The White House even unveiled a new catchphrase, ?middle out,? to help focus the president?s economic priorities.? If that strategy sounds familiar ? you?re right. President Obama has been talking about helping the middle class since his first address at Knox College in 2005. So why roll out another campaign slogan?? A look at how the middle class if faring under President Obama may give you an idea.
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OBAMA AND THE MIDDLE CLASS
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Stop Me If You?ve Heard This One Before ?
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2012: ??Our Economic Success Has Never Come From The Top Down,? Mr. Obama Said To A Few Hundred Cheering Autoworkers. ?It Comes From The Middle Out; It Comes From The Bottom Up.?? (Mark Landler, ?Obama, With Blue-Collar Backdrop, Pushes For Higher Taxes On The Richest,? The New York Times, 12/10/12)
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2013: ?Prosperity Needs To Come From The ?Middle Out? Rather Than The Top Down. That Is The Catchphrase That The White House Has Settled On To Signal Both A Diagnosis Of The Problems That Have Ailed The Economy ?? ?President Obama says prosperity does not trickle down, and a rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats. The conservative policies predicated on those ideas, he maintains, amount to a you?re-on-your-own economics, when the country really needs a we?re-in-this-together approach: in short, prosperity needs to come from the ?middle out? rather than the top down. That is the catchphrase that the White House has settled on to signal both a diagnosis of the problems that have ailed the economy since long before the recession hit and the liberal policies that might act as an antidote.? (Annie Lowrey, ?President Adopts Catchphrase To Describe Proposed Recipe For Economic Revival,? The New York Times, 7/22/13)
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2005: ?It?s Been The Creation Of A Massive Middle Class, Through Decent Wages And Benefits And Public Schools That Allowed Us All To Prosper.? (Senator Barack Obama, ?Knox College Commencement Address,? Knox College, 6/4/05)
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2009: ?The Strength Of Our Economy Can Be Measured Directly By The Strength Of Our Middle Class.? (President Barack Obama, ?Remarks By The President And The Vice President In Announcement Of Labor Executive Orders And Middle Class Working Families Task Force,? The White House, 1/30/09)
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2013: ?It Is Our Generation?s Task, Then, To Reignite The True Engine Of America?s Economic Growth ? A Rising, Thriving Middle Class.? (President Barack Obama, ?The 2013 State Of The Union,? The White House, 2/12/13)
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YEARS LATER, MIDDLE CLASS STILL STRUGGLING
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How?s The Middle Class Doing Overall?
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WaPo: ?Middle Class Still Left Behind In US Economic Recovery, Data Show.? (Jim Tankersley, ?Middle Class Still Left Behind In US Economic Recovery, Data Show,? The Washington Post, 7/18/13)
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?The Recovery Has Done Little To Boost The Fortunes Of People In The Vast Economic Middle.? ?An improving housing market and rising stock prices appear to have done little to increase the take-home pay of the typical U.S. worker. And while the economy continues to heal faster than that of almost any other Western nation, evidence remains strong that the recovery has done little to boost the fortunes of people in the vast economic middle.? (Jim Tankersley, ?Middle Class Still Left Behind In US Economic Recovery, Data Show,? The Washington Post, 7/18/13)
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Middle Class Facing High Gas Prices, Slow Growth, Not Enough Jobs. ?The economic recovery of summer 2013 is playing out in an all-too-familiar way for poor and middle-class Americans: Gas prices are up, growth is slowing, and there still aren?t nearly enough new jobs to employ the almost 12?million people seeking work.? (Jim Tankersley, ?Middle Class Still Left Behind In US Economic Recovery, Data Show,? The Washington Post, 7/18/13)
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IS IT TIME TO CALL IN THE TASK FORCE?
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Where?s The President?s ?Middle Class Task Force? When You Need Them?
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Shortly After Taking Office In 2009, President Obama Established A ?Middle Class Task Force? ? A ?Major Initiative? To Raise Middle-Class Living Standards. ?President Barack Obama today announced the creation of a White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families to be chaired by Vice President Joe Biden.?The Task Force is a major initiative targeted at raising the living standards of middle-class, working families in America.?It is comprised of top-level administration policy makers, and in addition to regular meetings, it will conduct outreach sessions with representatives of labor, business, and the advocacy communities.? (Press Release: ?White House Announces Middle Class Task Force,? The White House, 1/30/09)
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- A ?Middle Class Task Force? Is Consistent With President Obama?s ?Top Priority? Of ?Reignit[ing] The Engine Of America?s Growth? ? The American Middle Class. ?Our top priority as a nation, and my top priority as President, must be doing everything we can to reignite the engine of America?s growth: a rising, thriving middle class.?That?s our North Star.?That must drive every decision we make.? (President Barack Obama, ?Remarks of President Barack Obama: Weekly Address,? The White House, 4/6/13)
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President Obama?s ?Middle Class Task Force? Has No Middle-Class Members. ?Still, the middle class may have a better shot at making ends meet than at influencing the Middle Class Task Force. That?s because no member of the Middle Class Task Force is actually middle class. ? Every member of the President?s task force ? from Biden ($227,000) to Council of Economic Advisors Chairwoman Christina Romer ($172,000) to Energy Secretary?Steven Chu?($191,000) ? makes well over $150,000, putting them in the top 5% of wage earners.? (Claire Suddath, ?Obama?s Middle-Class Task Force Has No Middle Class,? Time, 3/4/09)
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President Obama?s ?Middle Class Task Force? Has Only Released One ?Annual Report? ? All The Way Back In 2010. (?Annual Report Of White House Task Force On The Middle Class,? White House Task Force On The Middle Class, 2/26/10)
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The Last Report By President Obama?s ?Middle Class Task Force? Was A Four-Page White Paper Released In May Of 2010. (?Subsidized Jobs: Helping Americans Get Back To Work,? White House Task Force On The Middle Class, 5/27/10)
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- FLASHBACK: The Unemployment Rate Was 9.6% In May 2010. (?Current Population Survey,? BLS, Accessed 7/22/13)
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- FLASHBACK: Nearly 15 Million Americans Were Unemployed In May 2010. (?Current Population Survey,? BLS, Accessed 7/22/13)
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The Last Post On The ?Middle Class Task Force? Blog Was Made Over A Year Ago. (Brian Levine, ?Vice President Biden Speaks To Seniors About Retirement Security,? A Strong Middle Class Blog, 7/16/12)
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