When the middle class thrives, the country thrives, and when it doesn't, we don't.
I'm a proud product of the American middle class.
We've got to get back to rebuilding the middle class, the families of America. That's where growth will come from.
I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.
I'm painfully middle class.
When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.
Colombia has a big market that is growing because we are elevating people out of poverty and into the middle class.
There are only two ways to have a middle class in your country: either you have highly skilled manufacturing jobs, or you have a highly skilled, well trained, knowledge-based workforce. In other words, college.