Now that Iran's actions have been verified, it can begin to receive relief from certain nuclear sanctions and gain access to its own money that had been frozen. Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear. Barack Obama money feelings america Let's not only provide a jumpstart to the economy and immediately or save 3 million jobs, but let's also put a down payment on some of the structural problems that we have in our economy. Barack Obama money problem jobs Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if we can't justify it, then we're not going to spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, just to make somebody happy, if it's not good for the economy. Barack Obama economy dollars money Insist that the first question each of us asks isn't "What's good for me?" but "What's good for the country my children will inherit? Barack Obama money country children That's why the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan won't just throw money at our problems, we'll invest in what works Barack Obama recovery money problem To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the president, for example, that we should extend all of his tax cuts, make all of them permanent. Barack Obama cutting money president Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. Barack Obama car money home When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national debt was around $5 trillion. It's now over $10 trillion. We've almost doubled it. Barack Obama dollars money office Short term, the most important thing is to put people back to work ... If they're working, that means they're paying taxes, that means that they're buying goods and services - and the economy, instead of being on a downward spiral, starts back up on an upward spiral. Barack Obama important mean people I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes on higher income Americans, like myself, and providing relief to those who haven't benefited as much from this new global economy, I think is a sound one. Barack Obama balance long thinking I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow Barack Obama taxation gains jobs Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger Barack Obama stronger track moving All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama real running men We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. Barack Obama car running wind And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it. Barack Obama borders suffering world It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline. Barack Obama prosperity environment choices I don't have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real. Barack Obama climate-change real challenges Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind. Barack Obama impact profound way I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing. Barack Obama fixing climate-change generations That bright blue ball rising over the moon's surface, containing everything we hold dear - the laughter of children, a quiet sunset, all the hopes and dreams of posterity - that's what's at stake. That's what we're fighting for. And if we remember that, I'm absolutely sure we'll succeed. Barack Obama laughter dream children
