Andrew Scheer Quotes

Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a make-or-break moment for the middle class. Mitt Romney's plans would make things worse.

We need the middle class to feel more confident about its prospects and about its future. We need to cut down on this anxiety that sees some people succeeding and the majority struggling - having to make choices between paying for their kids' education or saving for their own retirement.

One thing we're going to focus on is the middle class and the crushing prices and stagnant wages they're facing. What motivates me is looking at my 3-year-old son and thinking about what we're passing on to him and his future wife and their future kids.

The Populist Caucus is the only caucus in Congress devoted solely to addressing middle class economic issues. We formed the caucus because the founding members felt like there wasn't enough focus on middle class issues in Washington, and we're going to keep it focused on middle class issues.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

Millions of people are falling out of the middle class into the ranks of the poor.

One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class.

We cannot run a democracy without a strong middle class.

I will be a President for the middle class.

I think the defining issue of our time is: Does the economic, social, and political system work for the middle class?

You cannot have a strong, resilient economy unless you have a strong resilient middle class.

The middle class of this country, our historic backbone and our best hope for a strong society in the future, is losing its place at the table.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

There’s been an economic war going on in this country and the middle class and the poor have been losing..

Politicians should tell working Americans what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. And what they need to hear is that it is possible for all Americans to have good lives, even if the can’t all have good jobs.

From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.

The truth is the middle class is not only stagnant but it is my fear that, without sustained and focused action, it is at risk of disappearing.

We have an economy that's really geared toward rewarding the investor class. What are we doing to make sure that people who want to have a middle-class life are able to keep up?

Income inequality has become so prevalent in the U.S. that examples of its negative impact on the middle class are as common as Kanye West saying something cringeworthy in the media.

What is the deepest passion for me and for us is the historic investment in the middle class and in - as I say often because I was that guy growing up - the dreams of those who look up who want to get into the middle class. That I feel the strongest about.

If it's conservative to say we need to help the middle class, then I'm a conservative.

I'm trying to stand up so that the middle class, the working class, can finally have a say. I put them as my No. 1 priority.

In Georgia and around the country, people are striving for a middle class where a salary truly equals economic security. But instead, families' hopes are being crushed by Republican leadership that ignores real life or just doesn't understand it.

I grew up in a family where my parents worked full-time and still found themselves and their six children trapped like so many of the working poor.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.