Weekly Address: We Do Better When the Middle Class Does Better

President Barack Obama tapes the Weekly Address at Millennium Steel Service, LLC in Princeton, Indiana

President Barack Obama tapes the Weekly Address at Millennium Steel Service, LLC in Princeton, Ind., Oct. 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

In this week’s address, the President highlighted that six years after the Great Recession, thanks to the hard work of the American people and the President’s policies, our economy has come back further and faster than any other nation on Earth. With 10.3 million private-sector jobs added over 55 straight months, America’s businesses have extended the longest streak of private-sector job gains on record.

But even with this progress, too many Americans have yet to feel the benefits. The President reiterated the vision he set out earlier this week for steps that can lay a new foundation for stronger growth, rising wages, and expanded economic opportunity for middle-class families.

Transcript | mp4 | mp3

JUMP TO: