In this week’s address, the Vice President discusses our continued economic recovery, with 10 million private-sector jobs created over the past 54 months. Yet even with this good news, too many Americans are still not seeing the effects of our recovery.
As the Vice President explains, there’s more that can be done to continue to bolster our economy and ensure that middle-class families benefit from the growth they helped create, including closing tax loopholes, expanding education opportunities, and raising the minimum wage.
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week, the President celebrated Labor Day and American Economic Patriotism at Milwaukee’s Laborfest, then traveled East for a three day, two country trip to Estonia and then on to the NATO summit in Wales.