But, he doesn't think of himself as successful. He thinks he's been "extraordinarily lucky" and everyone else that's been successful is just "extraordinarily lucky" too.
We're also doing away with the unnecessary giveaways that have thrown our tax code out of balance. I said this during the campaign, I'm now saying it as President: We need to stop giving tax breaks to companies that stash profits or ship jobs overseas so we can invest in job creation here at home. And we need to end the tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, so that people like me, who are extraordinarily lucky, are paying the same rates that the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans paid when Bill Clinton was President.
I posted a thread on this...
Obama Finally Tells the Truth (If you can read between the lines)