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American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.

If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.

Employers love cheap labor, but a country should train its own people.

If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be.

We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them.

One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.

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.

We're going to cut corporate taxes, which will bring huge amounts of jobs back to the United States.

If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already.

Improving the outlook for U.S workers isn't about creating millions of minimum-wage jobs. It is about creating sustainable, skilled employment that allows Americans to earn a fair wage with benefits that allows them to pay for housing and food on the table and sustain a middle-class lifestyle.