Glenn Hubbard Quotes

Americans are falling out of the middle class, not into it. And they deserve relief. I absolute support extending the Bush tax cuts for those who work the hardest and invest the most in our economy - the real drivers of American growth, the middle class.

In order to invest in our future, we must ensure that we appropriately protect programs that provide skills, services, and education for middle-class Americans rather than providing tax breaks for large corporations.

You must not embark on programs to curb economic growth without placing a priority on maintaining income, so that the poorest people won’t simply be further depressed in their condition but will have a share, and be able to live decently.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

We cannot get serious about helping the private sector create quality jobs without focusing first on the main drivers of our economy - the American middle class and those struggling to enter it.

Our economy grows from the middle out, not the top down.

Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.

This is the middle-class equivalent of raising the minimum wage.

We never accept low wages as the driving force for employment or growth.

We have no longer States that are necessarily only planting States. None are excluded from achieving that diversification of pursuits among the people which brings wealth and contentment.

Contrary to Mr. Trump’s claim that the United States is one of the most taxed nations, only South Korea, Chile, and Mexico, among O.E. C. D. countries, collect less in tax revenue as a share of the economy. That means that the American budget for things like prenatal care, low income housing, and worker training is simply not up to the task.

The Republican 'Work Harder for Less' budget leaves more Americans even worse off than they are today. The 'People's Budget' makes the critical investments needed to give the American people exactly what they deserve - economic security and peace of mind - and helps grow our economy from the middle out.

I want to help the middle class.

Economic mobility will fix income inequality.

We prefer paychecks to welfare checks for the American people and a robust middle class with rising wages.

Tax cuts that actually go to working-class, middle-class people, I'm not opposed to.

Federal policies must understand the linkages between economic growth, social mobility, and a strong middle class.

To realize President Obama's vision of opportunity for all, it's all about making the right match. The way we do that is through job-driven training - connecting ready-to-work Americans with ready to be-filled jobs. It helps more people secure a foothold in the middle class and helps businesses to profit and grow.

Bill Clinton has done more to help the middle class than any leader in decades.

The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.

One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school.

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

Obama's plan for higher taxes and more spending is a blueprint for perpetual poverty. The last thing America needs is more of the Democrats' class warfare that has left our economy a barren landscape.

We should try to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to find a great life. It's a quest that will require political will and ingenious policies. President Obama's proposed expansion of the earned-income tax credit goes in this direction, but we need more.