Our economy grows from the middle out, not the top down.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Because we believe that you got to build the economy from middle out and not from the top down.
If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.
America's moved so much of its production and manufacturing offshore, it's become a nation of middlemen.
We can't just cut our way to prosperity. Even as we look for ways to reduce deficits over the long term, we must grow the economy in a way that strengthens the middle class and everyone willing to work hard to get into it.
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.
We're living through the twilight of American economic dominance.
You don't grow the economy by growing government.
From 1950 to 2000, the U.S. economy grew at an average rate of 3.5 percent. That generated a massive gain in real GDP per person from $16,000 to over $50,000. A huge win for the middle class.
The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich.
The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.