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In 2009, President Obama took office during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. His North Star was to make the economy work for the middle class and for those fighting to join it. He acted to create jobs, rescue the auto industry, and rebuild the economy on a new foundation for growth and prosperity. He signed tax cuts for the middle class and asked the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more—their fair share. He signed into law the strongest Wall Street reforms in history so