“These are the forgotten men and women in our society, and they are angry at so much on so many levels. The poverty, the unemployment, the failing schools, the jobs moving to other countries. I am fighting for these forgotten Americans.”— Donald Trump, realclearpolitics.com
“But one thing I can promise you is this: I will always tell you the truth. I speak the truth for all of you, and for everyone in this country who doesn’t have a voice. I speak the truth on behalf of the factory worker who lost his or her job. I speak the truth on behalf of the Veteran who has been d…”— Donald Trump, realclearpolitics.com
“History reminds us that at every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“I ask Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system. It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“Now, the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline. We can remain the world's leading importer of oil, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy. We can allow climate change to wreak unnatural…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“Nobody understands the economy like I do and no one, especially not Crooked Hillary Clinton, will do more for the economy than I will. I want to bring jobs back to America, while Hillary Clinton wants to get elected to enrich herself with power at the expense of the people. I created thousands of jo…”— Donald Trump, donaldjtrump.com
“Donald Trump has no real strategy for creating jobs, just a string of empty promises. But then maybe we shouldn’t expect better from someone whose most famous words are, ‘You’re fired.'”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“The King of Debt has no real plan for making college debt payable back or making college debt free, this is a crisis that affects so many of our people. He has no credible plan for rebuilding our infrastructure, apart from the wall that he wants to build. Personally I’d rather spend our money on reb…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“We haven’t done enough to invest in our communities and in our people, to make sure there are enough good jobs with rising incomes to create that good future for all of us. The answer is to do that — to bring them along on America’s ride to a prosperity that we all can share. Not try to turn the clo…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“I honestly believe that the difference between us is not just about policy. We have fundamentally different views of whether America is strong or weak. See I believe in the ingenuity and productivity of our workers. I know we can sell our products to the 95 percent of global consumers who live outsi…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Instead of causing large-scale misery and shrinking our economy, we should pass sensible immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Because the youth, the youth and diversity of our workforce is one of our greatest assets. Most of the rest of the world that we compete with is aging, so by stayin…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Over the years, Donald Trump has said all kinds of things about women in the workforce. He once called pregnant employees — and I quote — ‘an inconvenience.’ He says women will start making equal pay as soon as we do as good a job as men — as if weren’t already. Now these are the words not of someon…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“But today, I want to talk about what Donald Trump is promising to do to the economy. After more than a year, it’s important that he be held accountable for what he says he’ll do as President. And we need to clear the way for a real conversation about how to improve the lives of working people. A few…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Still, we know that people are working harder and longer just to keep their heads above water. And to deal with the costs, the everyday costs, the costs of basics like childcare and prescription drugs that are too high. College is getting more expensive every day. And wages are still too low and ine…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“If we’ve learned anything about the economy over the past 20 years, it’s that a President’s economic decisions have real consequences for families. President Obama was handed the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Thanks to his leadership — and the hard work and resilience of the Ame…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Awakening to a stock market plunge and a precipitous decline in the value of the pound that Britain hasn't seen in more than 30 years, voters now face a series of economic shocks that analysts say will only worsen before they improve. The consequences of the leave vote will be felt worldwide, even h…”— Brian Fung, washingtonpost.com