U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the twin challenges of growing income inequality and shrinking economic mobility suggesting they pose a fundamental threat to achieving the American Dream

President Obama discusses the twin challenges of growing income inequality and shrinking economic mobility suggesting they pose a fundamental threat to achieving the American Dream. Obama advocates for increasing the minimum wage, describes the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, and focuses on his plan to grow the economy and the middle class. Sponsored by the Center for American Progress and held at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) in Washington, D.C.