Ahead of his budget, President Obama wants to do more for the middle class.
In his weekly address Saturday, Obama stressed the idea that the U.S. “does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.”
With two years left in his presidency, Obama is focused on middle-class economics, from paid leave and childcare to two years of free community college.
His budget “proposes getting rid of special interest loopholes in our tax code, and using those savings to cut taxes for middle-class families and reward businesses that invest in America. It refuses to play politics with our homeland security, and funds our national security priorities at home and abroad,” Obama said.
Expanding on his State of the Union address, Obama made it clear that he will work with Republicans in Congress who agree with his ideas and plans, but that’s he’s prepared to do as much on his own as possible.
“That’s the way the middle class thrived in the last century — and that’s how it will thrive again,” he concluded.
Obama will roll out his budget proposal to a Republican controlled Congress on Monday.
