Well, this is the same antibusiness, antisuccess attitude that brought this country to the brink of economic disaster. And 50 percent of the workers in America, and earners, pay 93 percent. Well, together, we're restoring progress, and every American will benefit. That was four times more than in 1980. Working people are already seeing results.
More people are, in fact, working today than ever before in our history.
Last year unemployment took its biggest drop in 33 years. Real wages went up last year and the year before that. When we got to Washington, real wages were going down. Just this morning we received two gems of good news. The leading economic indicators, forecasting the direction of the economy, posted a solid increase in December, the 15th increase in the last 16 months, and home sales in December jumped to their highest level in more than 5 years.