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Strong Middle Class Blog

  • Where We Are and Where We Were

    Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist to Vice President Biden, puts the depth of the current recession in perspective and discusses what the Obama Administration is doing about it.

  • A Budget That Helps Middle Class Families

    Terrell McSweeny, Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President, details how the President's FY 11 budget will support middle class families.

  • Helping Middle Class Families with Soaring Child Care Costs

    Paying for child care is causing a strain on middle class family budgets. This week, the Middle Class Task Force unveiled a series of initiatives to help with soaring child care costs.

  • Caring for Caregivers

    Terrell McSweeny with the Middle Class Task Force talks about a series of initiatives in the President's FY 11 budget that are aimed at helping families with soaring child care costs, balancing work with caring for elderly relatives or people with disabilities, paying for college, and saving for retirement.

  • The President and Vice President Together on Easing Burdens for the Middle Class

    President Obama and Vice President Biden hold a Middle Class Task Force Meeting to discuss several policy initiatives to help middle class families.

  • Support for Working Families: Paid Leave and the Healthy Families Act

    Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis reports on efforts to help middle class families by supporting legislation that will give millions more working Americans access to paid sick leave to care for themselves and their families.

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