Quote by Barack Obama
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we ta

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. – Barack Obama

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I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. – Barack Obama

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But let me perfectly clear, because I know youll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime. – Barack Obama

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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost. – Barack Obama

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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family. – Lee Iacocca

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They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so Id be sure to have some dough to support my family. – Francis Ford Coppola

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I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences. – Louis Farrakhan

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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. – Billy Joel

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