Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.
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The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
Already we're seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.
If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.
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.
Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.
This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.
If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.
As a society, we can and should invest more money in education.
You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.
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