By 2016, the people who had looked to [Barack] Obama for change were looking somewhere else.
Barack ObamaThere was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean, this has been a running thread - and - and fault line in American life and American politics since its founding.
Barack ObamaWe agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability.
Barack ObamaI'd like to help struggling homeowners who can't pay their mortgages, I'd like to invest in our crumbling infrastructure, I'd like to reform the tax system so multimillionaires can't pretend their earnings are capital gains and pay at the rate of 15 percent. I'd like to make public higher education free, and pay for it with a small transfer tax on all financial transactions. I'd like to do much more - a new new deal for Americans. But Republicans are blocking me at every point.
Barack Obama