Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in ... -Barack Obama

Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.

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Barack Obama is a prominent politician who served as the 44th President of the United States. His presidency was marked by his message of hope, pursuit of progressive policies, and efforts towards unity and inclusivity, making him a significant figure in American politics and history.

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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what'...
Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened t...
Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective internat...
I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war....
The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam....
I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American;...
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?...
I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody....
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It work...
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League i...

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Students take out loans with the expectation that they will receive an education that sets them up for success - yet too many students are left with e...
Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American - economy, jobs, healthcare, education....
It gives me great pleasure to team up with a friend like Budweiser that shares with me the same values and vision that help empower the Hispanic commu...
The Saylor Foundation is meant to be a gadfly to encourage Google, Apple, MIT, Harvard, the United States government, and the Chinese government to ag...
Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to ...
In the musician, there is a tendency to have a narrowness. It's all compartmentalized. I am playing the violin; that's all I know, nothing else, no ed...
My father left school at the age of fourteen, so this was a man with no deep experience of formal education....
An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education....
Instead of saving for someone else's college education, I'm currently saving for a luxury retirement community replete with golf carts and handsome yo...
Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality ed...