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Increasingly than economy where folks at the top were doing better and better and better, but the average individual or family was seeing their incomes and their wages flat lining. and you start getting a tale of two americas. and the whole premise of upward mobility in this country, which is central to who we understand ourselves to be, was being diminished for too many people. so from my perspective, reversing that trend should be washington's highest priority. it's certainly my highest priority. unfortunately, what we've seen in washington all too often is instead of focusing on how do we b...

Because even before the crisis hit and a town like buffalo knows something about this, we were living through a decade where a few at the top were doing better and better, most families were working harder and harder just to get by. manufacturing was leaving, jobs moving overseas. it's a struggle for a lot of folks. must be washington's highest priority. it's my highest priority. i've got to say it's not always washington's highest priority. because rather than keeping focus on a growing economy that creates good middle class jobs, you know, we've seen a faction

Players with performance enhancing drugs. that could be 100 games suspension. that's about $15 million. but that would still leave a lot of money on the contract. to politics now. president obama stepping up his fight for the middle class. that new report shows 162,000 jobs were added in july and the unemployment rate kicked down to 7.4%. >> any middle class family will tell you we're not where we need to be. we were living through a decade where a few at the top were doing better and better where most families are working harder and harder to get by. reversing this trend must be washington'...

Thanks to the grit and resilience of the the american people we've dug out of the crisis and begun to create a durable, economic growth but as any middle class family will tell you, we are not yet where we need to be. trends eroding middle class security for decades, technology that makes some jobs obsolete, global competition that makes others movable, growing inequality and the policies that perpetuate it, all those things still exist and in some ways the recession may have been worse. reversing these trends must be washington's highest priority. it sure is mine. >> while the republican part...

It understand mines the essence of america, tha the idea if you work hard you can make it here. that is why reversing these trends has to be washington's highest priority. >> paul: that was president obama on wednesday in the first of series of speeches the white house hopes will shift the spotlight back to the economy. latest pivot comes as washington prepares for another showdown over the budget and taxes. new poll finds more than half of americans disapproves the job he is doing on the economy. wall street journalist james freeman. mary o'grady and steve moore. steve, usual a resident bull ...