O ver th e l ast few mon th s, I’ve b e en ta lking about a ch o ice we fa ce as a co u n try、We c a n eith er se t tle for a n econo m y where a few p e ople do reall y wel l a nd everyo n e else str u ggle s to get by, or w e can b u i l d an eco n o m y w h e re hard wo r k pa y s o ff a g ain-wh ere everyone ge ts a f air s h o t, eve ryo n e does t h eir fair s ha re, and ev e ry o n e plays by t h e sa m e rules、That’s up to us、T oday, I w ant to tal k to y ou about t he i dea that ever yon e in this c o unt r y s h o u l d do the i r fair share、N ow, if t hi s were a pe rf e c t w or l d, we’d h ave unlimited resources、No o n e woul d ev e r h a ve to pa y any tax e s, an d w e c oul d spend a s muc h as we wanted、But w e l ive in the r e a l wo rld、We d o n ot hav e unlimited r esou rc es、We hav e a d efici t that need s to b e paid d own、And we a l so h ave to p ay f o r i n vest m e n ts t h at will hel p our eco nom y g r ow an d k e e p o u r cou n t ry safe, e d u c ati o n, r e se a r c h a nd t echnology, a strong m il i tar y, and r etirement prog r am s l ike M edic a re and So c ial S e cu rity、Th a t m e ans we have to make c ho ic e s、Wh e n i t es t o p a yin g do wn t h e def i cit a n d investing i n o u r future, sho u ld we ask m id dl e c lass America ns to p a y even m ore at a t ...