President Obama appeared at a high school in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday to promote federal spending on education. Obama called funding for schools and infrastructure an obvious priority for the next budget.

President Obama: “A budget that cuts what we don’t need closes wasteful tax loopholes that don’t create jobs, freeing up resources to invest in the things that actually do help us grow, things like education and scientific research and infrastructure — roads, bridges, airports. This should not be an ideological exercise. We should use some common sense. What’s going to help us grow? What’s going to create jobs? What is going to expand our middle class? What’s going to give more opportunity to young people? Those are the things we should be putting money into.”