President Barack Obama delivers a speech on the economy at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., July 24, 2013.
(Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Today President Obama returned to Knox College to kick off a series of speeches about his vision for rebuilding an economy that puts the middle class — and those fighting to join it – front and center.
In his remarks, President Obama laid out the progress we’ve made together in the five years since the start of the recession that cost millions of Americans their jobs, their homes, and their savings
Thanks to the grit and resilience and determination of the American people — of folks like you — we’ve been able to clear away the rubble from the financial crisis. We started to lay a new foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth.
As a country, we’ve recovered faster and gone further than most other advanced nations in the world. With new American revolutions in energy and technology and manufacturing and health care, we're actually poised to reverse the forces that battered the middle class for so long, and start building an economy where everyone who works hard can get ahead.
But, he said, “I’m here to tell you today that we're not there yet.”
Fonte: White House