Robert Reich Quotes

I am running because I believe strongly that we need to get folks back to work and address the needs that the folks in the 1st Congressional District have in terms of employment and economic opportunity.

America has the slowest growth and jobs are a disaster.

Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

The principal problem facing our economy today is jobs.

A nation that cannot create jobs cannot survive.

We need companies to create jobs.

Americans want real solutions and good jobs.

It doesn't matter whether I'm in Hackensack or Hackettstown, the response from the people is the same: They are concerned about jobs, the economy.

The economy, unemployment, the future... Politicians, economists, and journalists are constantly debating these key issues for our country but rarely come to an answer. But behind all this, there is a fairly simple truth: no matter what anybody says, jobs are hard to come by.

Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.

I think it's important to focus on our economy, on jobs, on getting America back to work.

I don't give a damn about the stock market. But I do care about jobs.

A while ago I did a story comparing the change in employment rates in recessions in the U.S. and in Europe, and what I found was that America fired a lot of people and rehired a lot of people faster than Europe. That difference is disappearing, and that is a problem.

In all likelihood, a significant amount of time will be required to restore the nearly eight and a half million jobs that were lost nationwide over 2008 and 2009.

I think we ought to talk about what the American people want, and that is jobs and get the economy on track.

The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs the economy is improving, it is not translating into jobs.

When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help turn this economy around? How are we going to make sure that when my kids get out of high school or college there will be some job there? Those are the concerns that are on their minds.

I will tell you that I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created.

l had a job, and if you had a job in the depression you were rich.

Training does not create jobs—good ones or bad ones.

The loss of manufacturing jobs is a sign of economic health.

More than anything else, Ohio needs jobs.

I’m not in the business of creating jobs.

Probably nobody in America has come close to setting up as many jobs for people with his business as Donald Trump has.

The number one focus of the American people has been jobs and the economy.