We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.
Barack ObamaIn December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
Barack ObamaI think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.
Barack Obama