(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama called for more investment in children’s education during his weekly address on Saturday, which he delivered from Palo Alto, California.

US President Barack Obama and his Democrats have proposed new education and infrastructure spending and tax breaks for middle-class Americans to set the agenda for the 2016 presidential election.(photo: Reuters)

He said it’s necessary to equip all kids with an education that prepares them for success, regardless of what they look like, or how much their parents make, or the zip code they live in. In his fiscal year 2016 budget blueprint, a political document that must be approved by Congress in order to take effect, Obama proposed a series of programs intended to help middle-income Americans.
The US budget deficit, down from the 1 trillion-plus USD levels of Obama’s first four years. Obama and his Democrats have proposed new education and infrastructure spending and tax breaks for middle-class Americans to set the agenda for the 2016 presidential election.