第一篇：英語演講稿(奧巴馬演講,減少赤字,創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位)

Right now, there are a lot of folks who are still struggling with the effects of the recession.They’re wondering how they’d deal with an unexpected expense if their car breaks down.They’re worried about layoffs.They’re not sure if they can help their kids pay for college.And for many families, these challenges wbx07 were around long before the recession hit in 2007.I ran for President because I believed in an America where ordinary folks could get ahead;where if you worked hard, you could have a better life.That’s been my focus since I came into office, and that has to be our focus now.It’s one of the reasons why we’re working to reduce our nation’s deficit.Government has to start living within its means, just like families do.We have to cut the spending we can’t afford so we can put the economy on sounder footing , and give our businesses the confidence they need to grow and create jobs.The good news is, Democrats and Republicans agree on the need to solve the problem.And over the last few weeks, the Vice President and I have gotten both parties to identify more than $1 trillion in spending cuts.That’s trillion with a ‘t.’But after a decade in which Washington ran up the country’s credit card, we’ve got to find more savings to get out of the red.That means looking at every program and tax break in the budget – every single one – to find places to cut waste and save money.It means we’ll have to ttltyl.commake tough decisions and scale backworthy programs.And nothing can be off limits, including spending in the tax code, particularly the loopholes that benefit very few individuals and corporations.Now, it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can’t afford them.Because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, or for hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners, or for oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help – then we’ll have to make even deeper 1shbo.comcuts somewhere else.We’ve got to say to a eshbo8.com student, ‘You don’t get a college scholarship.’We have to say to a medical researcher, ‘You can’t do that cancer research.’ We might have to tell seniors, ‘You have to pay more for Medicare.’

That isn’t right, and it isn’t smart.We’ve got to cut the deficit, but we can do that while making investments in education, research, and technology that actually create jobs.We can live within our means while still investing in our future.That’s what we have to do.And I’m confident that the Democrats and Republicans in Congress can find a way to give some ground, make some hard choices, and put their shoulders to wheel to get this done for the sake of our country.On Monday, we celebrate Independence Day, the day we declared a new nation, based on revolutionary idea: that people ought to world598.comdetermine their own destiny;that freedom and self-governance weren’t gifts handed to us by kings or emperors, but the rights of every human being.We’ve learned in the years since that democracy isn’t always pretty.We have arguments.We disagree.But time and again we’ve proven that we could come together to solve vns58.com problems.We remember that while we may not see eye-to-eye on everything, we share a love for this country and a faith in its future.That’s the spirit we need to harness now.That’s how we’ll meet this challenge and reach a brighter day.Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful fourth of July.

第二篇：奧巴馬演講 減少赤字 創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位

Right now, there are a lot of folks who are still struggling with the effects of the recession.They’re wondering how they’d deal with an unexpected expense if their car breaks down.They’re worried about layoffs（裁員）.They’re not sure if they can help their kids pay for college.And for many families, these challenges were around long before the recession hit in 2007.I ran for President because I believed in an America where ordinary folks could get ahead;where if you worked hard, you could have a better life.That’s been my focus since I came into office, and that has to be our focus now.It’s one of the reasons why we’re working to reduce our nation’s deficit.Government has to start living within its means, just like families do.We have to cut the spending we can’t afford so we can put the economy on sounder footing（基礎(chǔ)，立足處）, and give our businesses the confidence they need to grow and create jobs.The good news is, Democrats and Republicans agree on the need to solve the problem.And over the last few weeks, the Vice President and I have gotten both parties to identify more than $1 trillion in spending cuts.That’s trillion with a ‘t.’But after a decade in which Washington ran up the country’s credit card, we’ve got to find more savings to get out of the red.That means looking at every program and tax break in the budget – every single one – to find places to cut waste and save money.It means we’ll have to make tough decisions and scale back（相應(yīng)縮減）worthy programs.And nothing can be off limits, including spending in the tax code, particularly the loopholes（漏洞）that benefit very few individuals and corporations.Now, it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can’t afford them.Because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, or for hedge fund（避險(xiǎn)基金）managers and corporate jet owners, or for oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help – then we’ll have to make even deeper cuts somewhere else.We’ve got to say to a student, ‘You don’t get a college scholarship.’We have to say to a medical researcher, ‘You can’t do that cancer research.’ We might have to tell seniors, ‘You have to pay more for Medicare.’

That isn’t right, and it isn’t smart.We’ve got to cut the deficit, but we can do that while making investments in education, research, and technology that actually create jobs.We can live within our means while still investing in our future.That’s what we have to do.And I’m confident that the Democrats and Republicans in Congress can find a way to give some ground, make some hard choices, and put their shoulders to wheel to get this done for the sake of our country.On Monday, we celebrate Independence Day, the day we declared a new nation, based on revolutionary idea: that people ought to determine their own destiny;that freedom and self-governance weren’t gifts handed to us by kings or emperors, but the rights of every human being.We’ve learned in the years since that democracy isn’t always pretty.We have arguments.We disagree.But time and again we’ve proven that we could come together to solve problems.We remember that while we may not see eye-to-eye on everything, we share a love for this country and a faith in its future.That’s the spirit we need to harness now.That’s how we’ll meet this challenge and reach a brighter day.Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful fourth of July.

第三篇：奧巴馬就職演講英語稿

A and B are desk-mates.Although the school bell has rung, their teacher has not turned up.They are making various assumptions about the absence of their teacher.A:Hey,Mrs Smith haven’t come,the school bell has rung.Had she told us she wouldn’t come yesterday?

B:No,she hadn’t said that.she is always on time,Why?I’m a little worried.she is the best teacher that I ever had

A:Yeah,she is always so patient, kind, fun, smart, caring, and yet strict, too.I really learned a lot from her.Don’t be too worried,maybe just hold up by the heavy traffic B:Well,I hope so.But ten minitues have passed.Maybe,she had met a traffic accident......A:Don’t be so upset..Everything will be Ok.B:Oh.I also hope it isn’t.But I just fell not well.A:Ok,Mary,don’t be dropped into it.Maybe,Mrs Smith was just slept late yesterday,and the clock stopped to work today.Nobody is a perfect person

B:yeah,I guess so.Maybe I’m just too sensitive

A:Look!Mrs Smith is coming

B:Where?

A:Near the restaurant,and in red clothes

B:Yeah,I see.but her hairis a little.....Don’t she meet something wrong?

A:Oh,Mary,take it easy.Despite he hair, everything is ok

B:It’s so sweet of you,thank you for comforting me,Tom

A:My pleasure.Mrs Smith is near the classroom.I think she will explain all of that.How can parents and children improve their mutual understanding

A:Hey,Mary,what’s up?You look so upset

B:Oh,Tom.I just Don’t know what to say

A:Take it easy,we are friends

B:Well,I quarrelled with my parents right now.I really don’t know how to comunicate with them

A:Oh,That’s terrible.Why?

B:My parents were very strict.They wouldn’t let me out after 7:00 on school nights.I have been 15 years old,it’s really unbelievable。

A：Well，I expect there were good reasons for that。It probably keptyou out of trouble

B：Yeah，and it made me focus on my homework

A：And，most likely it meant you got enough sleep

B：Yeah，But it also stopped me from seeing any movies or shows in the evenings，even theparties。I really hate it

A：Well，that’s really unconvenient。Can’t you just tell your parents your feelings and thoughts?

B:Yes, of course.I wrote a letter to them,tell them my classmates’example,even quarralled with them.But these all didn’t work up

A:Calm down,Mary.There’s no doubt that our parents love us.Maybe,just,the way that we can’t agree with.B:Maybe you are right,but how I can let them understand me more

A:Perhaps you can make your parents meet with your teacher.Also,you can just be peaceful,try to talk with your parents,I think they will understand you at last B:That sounds good,maybe I can try it.That really kind of you,Tom

A:Glad to have been of some help,Mary1、A and B are freshmen at the same college.They are talking about the similarities and differences between college and high school life.A:Hi,Tom

B:Hi,Mary.What do you think of our college life.Our teacher let us talk about the similarrities and differences between college and high school life.A:I think college life is very different form high school life.Likewise, youhave more spare time for non-academic activities in college.You do not need to go home after class like high school students.B:I think so too What’s more, you can do everything you want.For example, you can participate in some clubs, societies, and volunteering activities.You can also do some sports like swimming, bowling, tennis or you can go shopping, go traveling, or even have a date

A:Yes, The pastime in college is full of temptation, so you need to think a lot before deciding what to do in order to make your college life meaningful.Therefore, the biggest difference between college pastime and high school pastime is that you should be responsible for what you are going to do.Similarly, you should also have a balance between study and relaxation.B:Though there are so many differences between them.College and high school life also have some similarrities For exeample ,study is also very important,and we are not absolutaly independent.Our tuition is still depending on our parents

A:Yeah,we also have teacher,classroom, dormitory.They are all the same

And high school life isn’t far from us,less than one year

B:But in general.the differences are over similarities.Oh,It’s time for class

See you later

A:See you

第四篇：奧巴馬就職英語演講稿

Barack Obama's Inaugural Address My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.So it has been.So it must be with this generation of Americans.That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.Homes have been lost;jobs shed;businesses shuttered.Our health care is too costly;our schools fail too many;and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our landthey will be met.On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit;to choose our better history;to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given.It must be earned.Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less.It has not been the path for the faint-heartedsome celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West;endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg;Normandy and Khe Sanh.Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life.They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions;greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.This is the journey we continue today.We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth.Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began.Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year.Our capacity remains undiminished.But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisionsnot only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.All this we can do.And all this we will do.Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitionsthat the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it worksto spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of dayand that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity;on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing hearteven greater cooperation and understanding between nations.We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan.With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken;you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindusknow that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history;but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow;to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders;nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect.For the world has changed, and we must change with it.As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains.They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service;a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves.And yet, at this momentit is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours.It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.Our challenges may be new.The instruments with which we meet them may be new.But those values upon which our success dependsthese things are old.These things are true.They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.What is demanded then is a return to these truths.What is required of us now is a new era of responsibilitythe knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed-why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river.The capital was abandoned.The enemy was advancing.The snow was stained with blood.At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people: Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].America.In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words.With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter;and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.翻譯：

humbled

謙遜的

Oath

n.誓言，誓約；詛咒，咒罵

第五篇：奧巴馬刺激就業(yè)法案演講原文

MR.OBAMA:

Mr.Speaker, Mr.Vice President, members of Congress, and fellow Americans: 議長先生，副總統(tǒng)先生，國會議員，美國同胞們：

Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country.We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions of our neighbors jobless, and a political crisis that’s made things worse.我們今晚在我們國家的緊迫時(shí)刻舉行會議。我們?nèi)栽诿媾R一場使數(shù)百萬同胞失業(yè)的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)和一場使局勢更加惡化的政治危機(jī)。

This past week, reporters have been asking, “What will this speech mean for the President? What will it mean for Congress? How will it affect their polls, and the next election?”

在過去的一周，記者們一直在問：“這次講演對于總統(tǒng)意味著什么？它對國會意味著什么？它是否影響他們的民調(diào)和明年的大選？”

But the millions of Americans who are watching right now, they don’t care about politics.They have real-life concerns.Many have spent months looking for work.Others are doing their best just to scrape by--giving up nights out with the family to save on gas or make the mortgage;postponing retirement to send a kid to college.但現(xiàn)在正在觀看的數(shù)百萬美國人不關(guān)心政治活動，他們有真正的生活擔(dān)憂，許多人花了數(shù)個(gè)月的時(shí)間來尋找工作。其他人則盡全力勉強(qiáng)度日，放棄和家人晚上一同外出娛樂的機(jī)會以節(jié)省汽油或者償還房貸，推遲退休日期以便將一個(gè)孩子送入大學(xué)。

These men and women grew up with faith in an America where hard work and responsibility paid off.They believed in a country where everyone gets a fair shake and does their fair share--where if you stepped up, did your job, and were loyal to your company, that loyalty would be rewarded with a decent salary and good benefits;maybe a raise once in a while.If you did the right thing, you could make it.Anybody could make it in America.這些男人和女人在成長時(shí)抱有這樣一個(gè)信念，在美國，辛苦的工作和責(zé)任感會得到回報(bào)。他們相信，在美國，所有人都可以得到公正的回報(bào)，做他們分內(nèi)的工作。在這里，如果你展現(xiàn)自我，干好你的工作，忠于你的公司，這種忠誠將會得到體面的工資和很好的福利獎賞，可能還會偶爾升職。如果你做了正確的事情，你可能在美國獲得成功。For decades now, Americans have watched that compact erode.They have seen the decks too often stacked against them.And they know that Washington has not always put their interests first.但是在數(shù)十年后的今天，美國人看到這一契約被削弱，他們看到太多自己被算計(jì)的情況，他們知道華盛頓并不總是把他們的利益放在首位。

The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities.The question tonight is whether we’ll meet ours.The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy.(Applause.)The question is--the question is whether we can restore some of the fairness and security that has defined this nation since our beginning.Those of us here tonight can’t solve all our nation’s woes.Ultimately, our recovery will be driven not by Washington, but by our businesses and our workers.But we can help.We can make a difference.There are steps we can take right now to improve people’s lives.I am sending this Congress a plan that you should pass right away.It’s called the American Jobs Act.There should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation.Everything in here is the kind of proposal that’s been supported by both Democrats and Republicans--including many who sit here tonight.And everything in this bill will be paid for.Everything.(Applause.)

The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: to put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who are working.It will create more jobs for construction workers, more jobs for teachers, more jobs for veterans, and more jobs for long-term unemployed.(Applause.)It will provide--it will provide a tax break for companies who hire new workers, and it will cut payroll taxes in half for every working American and every small business.(Applause.)It will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled, and give companies confidence that if they invest and if they hire, there will be customers for their products and services.You should pass this jobs plan right away.(Applause.)

Everyone here knows that small businesses are where most new jobs begin.And you know that while corporate profits have come roaring back, smaller companies haven’t.So for everyone who speaks so passionately about making life easier for “job creators,” this plan is for you.(Applause.)Pass this jobs bill--pass this jobs bill, and starting tomorrow, small businesses will get a tax cut if they hire new workers or if they raise workers’ wages.Pass this jobs bill, and all small business owners will also see their payroll taxes cut in half next year.(Applause.)If you have 50 employees--if you have 50 employees making an average salary, that’s an $80,000 tax cut.And all businesses will be able to continue writing off the investments they make in 2012.It’s not just Democrats who have supported this kind of proposal.Fifty House Republicans have proposed the same payroll tax cut that’s in this plan.You should pass it right away.(Applause.)

Pass this jobs bill, and we can put people to work rebuilding America.Everyone here knows we have badly decaying roads and bridges all over the country.Our highways are clogged with traffic.Our skies are the most congested in the world.It’s an outrage.Building a world-class transportation system is part of what made us a economic superpower.And now we’re going to sit back and watch China build newer airports and faster railroads? At a time when millions of unemployed construction workers could build them right here in America?(Applause.)

There are private construction companies all across America just waiting to get to work.There’s a bridge that needs repair between Ohio and Kentucky that’s on one of the busiest trucking routes in North America.A public transit project in Houston that will help clear up one of the worst areas of traffic in the country.And there are schools throughout this country that desperately need renovating.How can we expect our kids to do their best in places that are literally falling apart? This is America.Every child deserves a great school--and we can give it to them, if we act now.(Applause.)

The American Jobs Act will repair and modernize at least 35,000 schools.It will put people to work right now fixing roofs and windows, installing science labs and high-speed Internet in classrooms all across this country.It will rehabilitate homes and businesses in communities hit hardest by foreclosures.It will jumpstart thousands of transportation projects all across the country.And to make sure the money is properly spent, we’re building on reforms we’ve already put in place.No more earmarks.No more boondoggles.No more bridges to nowhere.We’re cutting the red tape that prevents some of these projects from getting started as quickly as possible.And we’ll set up an independent fund to attract private dollars and issue loans based on two criteria: how badly a construction project is needed and how much good it will do for the economy.(Applause.)This idea came from a bill written by a Texas Republican and a Massachusetts Democrat.The idea for a big boost in construction is supported by America’s largest business organization and America’s largest labor organization.It’s the kind of proposal that’s been supported in the past by Democrats and Republicans alike.You should pass it right away.(Applause.)

Pass this jobs bill, and thousands of teachers in every state will go back to work.These are the men and women charged with preparing our children for a world where the competition has never been tougher.But while they’re adding teachers in places like South Korea, we’re laying them off in droves.It’s unfair to our kids.It undermines their future and ours.And it has to stop.Pass this bill, and put our teachers back in the classroom where they belong.(Applause.)Pass this jobs bill, and companies will get extra tax credits if they hire America’s veterans.We ask these men and women to leave their careers, leave their families, risk their lives to fight for our country.The last thing they should have to do is fight for a job when they come home.(Applause.)

Pass this bill, and hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged young people will have the hope and the dignity of a summer job next year.And their parents--(applause)--their parents, low-income Americans who desperately want to work, will have more ladders out of poverty.Pass this jobs bill, and companies will get a $4,000 tax credit if they hire anyone who has spent more than six months looking for a job.(Applause.)We have to do more to help the long-term unemployed in their search for work.This jobs plan builds on a program in Georgia that several Republican leaders have highlighted, where people who collect unemployment insurance participate in temporary work as a way to build their skills while they look for a permanent job.The plan also extends unemployment insurance for another year.(Applause.)If the millions of unemployed Americans stopped getting this insurance, and stopped using that money for basic necessities, it would be a devastating blow to this economy.Democrats and Republicans in this chamber have supported unemployment insurance plenty of times in the past.And in this time of prolonged hardship, you should pass it again--right away.(Applause.)Pass this jobs bill, and the typical working family will get a $1,500 tax cut next year.Fifteen hundred dollars that would have been taken out of your pocket will go into your pocket.This expands on the tax cut that Democrats and Republicans already passed for this year.If we allow that tax cut to expire--if we refuse to act--middle-class families will get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time.We can’t let that happen.I know that some of you have sworn oaths to never raise any taxes on anyone for as long as you live.Now is not the time to carve out an exception and raise middle-class taxes, which is why you should pass this bill right away.(Applause.)

This is the American Jobs Act.It will lead to new jobs for construction workers, for teachers, for veterans, for first responders, young people and the long-term unemployed.It will provide tax credits to companies that hire new workers, tax relief to small business owners, and tax cuts for the middle class.And here’s the other thing I want the American people to know: The American Jobs Act will not add to the deficit.It will be paid for.And here’s how.(Applause.)The agreement we passed in July will cut government spending by about $1 trillion over the next 10 years.It also charges this Congress to come up with an additional $1.5 trillion in savings by Christmas.Tonight, I am asking you to increase that amount so that it covers the full cost of the American Jobs Act.And a week from Monday, I’ll be releasing a more ambitious deficit plan--a plan that will not only cover the cost of this jobs bill, but stabilize our debt in the long run.(Applause.)

This approach is basically the one I’ve been advocating for months.In addition to the trillion dollars of spending cuts I’ve already signed into law, it’s a balanced plan that would reduce the deficit by making additional spending cuts, by making modest adjustments to health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and by reforming our tax code in a way that asks the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share.(Applause.)What’s more, the spending cuts wouldn’t happen so abruptly that they’d be a drag on our economy, or prevent us from helping small businesses and middle-class families get back on their feet right away.Now, I realize there are some in my party who don’t think we should make any changes at all to Medicare and Medicaid, and I understand their concerns.But here’s the truth: Millions of Americans rely on Medicare in their retirement.And millions more will do so in the future.They pay for this benefit during their working years.They earn it.But with an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program.And if we don’t gradually reform the system while protecting current beneficiaries, it won’t be there when future retirees need it.We have to reform Medicare to strengthen it.(Applause.)

I am also--I’m also well aware that there are many Republicans who don’t believe we should raise taxes on those who are most fortunate and can best afford it.But here is what every American knows: While most people in this country struggle to make ends meet, a few of the most affluent citizens and most profitable corporations enjoy tax breaks and loopholes that nobody else gets.Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary--an outrage he has asked us to fix.(Laughter.)We need a tax code where everyone gets a fair shake and where everybody pays their fair share.(Applause.)And by the way, I believe the vast majority of wealthy Americans and CEOs are willing to do just that if it helps the economy grow and gets our fiscal house in order.I’ll also offer ideas to reform a corporate tax code that stands as a monument to special interest influence in Washington.By eliminating pages of loopholes and deductions, we can lower one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world.(Applause.)Our tax code should not give an advantage to companies that can afford the best-connected lobbyists.It should give an advantage to companies that invest and create jobs right here in the United States of America.(Applause.)

So we can reduce this deficit, pay down our debt, and pay for this jobs plan in the process.But in order to do this, we have to decide what our priorities are.We have to ask ourselves, “What’s the best way to grow the economy and create jobs?”

Should we keep tax loopholes for oil companies? Or should we use that money to give small business owners a tax credit when they hire new workers? Because we can’t afford to do both.Should we keep tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires? Or should we put teachers back to work so our kids can graduate ready for college and good jobs?(Applause.)Right now, we can’t afford to do both.This isn’t political grandstanding.This isn’t class warfare.This is simple math.(Laughter.)This is simple math.These are real choices.These are real choices that we’ve got to make.And I’m pretty sure I know what most Americans would choose.It’s not even close.And it’s time for us to do what’s right for our future.(Applause.)

Now, the American Jobs Act answers the urgent need to create jobs right away.But we can’t stop there.As I’ve argued since I ran for this office, we have to look beyond the immediate crisis and start building an economy that lasts into the future--an economy that creates good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer security.We now live in a world where technology has made it possible for companies to take their business anywhere.If we want them to start here and stay here and hire here, we have to be able to out-build and out-educate and out-innovate every other country on Earth.(Applause.)

And this task of making America more competitive for the long haul, that’s a job for all of us.For government and for private companies.For states and for local communities--and for every American citizen.All of us will have to up our game.All of us will have to change the way we do business.My administration can and will take some steps to improve our competitiveness on our own.For example, if you’re a small business owner who has a contract with the federal government, we’re going to make sure you get paid a lot faster than you do right now.(Applause.)We’re also planning to cut away the red tape that prevents too many rapidly growing startup companies from raising capital and going public.And to help responsible homeowners, we’re going to work with federal housing agencies to help more people refinance their mortgages at interest rates that are now near 4 percent.That’s a step--(applause)--I know you guys must be for this, because that’s a step that can put more than $2,000 a year in a family’s pocket, and give a lift to an economy still burdened by the drop in housing prices.So, some things we can do on our own.Other steps will require congressional action.Today you passed reform that will speed up the outdated patent process, so that entrepreneurs can turn a new idea into a new business as quickly as possible.That’s the kind of action we need.Now it’s time to clear the way for a series of trade agreements that would make it easier for American companies to sell their products in Panama and Colombia and South Korea-– while also helping the workers whose jobs have been affected by global competition.(Applause.)If Americans can buy Kias and Hyundais, I want to see folks in South Korea driving Fords and Chevys and Chryslers.(Applause.)I want to see more products sold around the world stamped with the three proud words: “Made in America.” That’s what we need to get done.(Applause.)And on all of our efforts to strengthen competitiveness, we need to look for ways to work side by side with America’s businesses.That’s why I’ve brought together a Jobs Council of leaders from different industries who are developing a wide range of new ideas to help companies grow and create jobs.Already, we’ve mobilized business leaders to train 10,000 American engineers a year, by providing company internships and training.Other businesses are covering tuition for workers who learn new skills at community colleges.And we’re going to make sure the next generation of manufacturing takes root not in China or Europe, but right here, in the United States of America.(Applause)If we provide the right incentives, the right support--and if we make sure our trading partners play by the rules--we can be the ones to build everything from fuel-efficient cars to advanced biofuels to semiconductors that we sell all around the world.That’s how America can be number one again.And that’s how America will be number one again.(Applause.)

Now, I realize that some of you have a different theory on how to grow the economy.Some of you sincerely believe that the only solution to our economic challenges is to simply cut most government spending and eliminate most government regulations.(Applause.)

Well, I agree that we can’t afford wasteful spending, and I’ll work with you, with Congress, to root it out.And I agree that there are some rules and regulations that do put an unnecessary burden on businesses at a time when they can least afford it.(Applause.)That’s why I ordered a review of all government regulations.So far, we’ve identified over 500 reforms, which will save billions of dollars over the next few years.(Applause.)We should have no more regulation than the health, safety and security of the American people require.Every rule should meet that common-sense test.(Applause.)

But what we can’t do--what I will not do--is let this economic crisis be used as an excuse to wipe out the basic protections that Americans have counted on for decades.(Applause.)I reject the idea that we need to ask people to choose between their jobs and their safety.I reject the argument that says for the economy to grow, we have to roll back protections that ban hidden fees by credit card companies, or rules that keep our kids from being exposed to mercury, or laws that prevent the health insurance industry from shortchanging patients.I reject the idea that we have to strip away collective bargaining rights to compete in a global economy.(Applause.)We shouldn’t be in a race to the bottom, where we try to offer the cheapest labor and the worst pollution standards.America should be in a race to the top.And I believe we can win that race.In fact, this larger notion that the only thing we can do to restore prosperity is just dismantle government, refund everybody’s money, and let everyone write their own rules, and tell everyone they’re on their own--that’s not who we are.That’s not the story of America.Yes, we are rugged individualists.Yes, we are strong and self-reliant.And it has been the drive and initiative of our workers and entrepreneurs that has made this economy the engine and the envy of the world.But there’s always been another thread running throughout our history--a belief that we’re all connected, and that there are some things we can only do together, as a nation.We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union.Founder of the Republican Party.But in the middle of a civil war, he was also a leader who looked to the future--a Republican President who mobilized government to build the Transcontinental Railroad--(applause)--launch the National Academy of Sciences, set up the first land grant colleges.(Applause.)And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set.Ask yourselves--where would we be right now if the people who sat here before us decided not to build our highways, not to build our bridges, our dams, our airports? What would this country be like if we had chosen not to spend money on public high schools, or research universities, or community colleges? Millions of returning heroes, including my grandfather, had the opportunity to go to school because of the G.I.Bill.Where would we be if they hadn’t had that chance?(Applause.)

How many jobs would it have cost us if past Congresses decided not to support the basic research that led to the Internet and the computer chip? What kind of country would this be if this chamber had voted down Social Security or Medicare just because it violated some rigid idea about what government could or could not do?(Applause.)How many Americans would have suffered as a result? No single individual built America on their own.We built it together.We have been, and always will be, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all;a nation with responsibilities to ourselves and with responsibilities to one another.And members of Congress, it is time for us to meet our responsibilities.(Applause.)

Every proposal I’ve laid out tonight is the kind that’s been supported by Democrats and Republicans in the past.Every proposal I’ve laid out tonight will be paid for.And every proposal is designed to meet the urgent needs of our people and our communities.Now, I know there’s been a lot of skepticism about whether the politics of the moment will allow us to pass this jobs plan--or any jobs plan.Already, we’re seeing the same old press releases and tweets flying back and forth.Already, the media has proclaimed that it’s impossible to bridge our differences.And maybe some of you have decided that those differences are so great that we can only resolve them at the ballot box.But know this: The next election is 14 months away.And the people who sent us here--the people who hired us to work for them--they don’t have the luxury of waiting 14 months.(Applause.)Some of them are living week to week, paycheck to paycheck, even day to day.They need help, and they need it now.I don’t pretend that this plan will solve all our problems.It should not be, nor will it be, the last plan of action we propose.What’s guided us from the start of this crisis hasn’t been the search for a silver bullet.It’s been a commitment to stay at it--to be persistent--to keep trying every new idea that works, and listen to every good proposal, no matter which party comes up with it.Regardless of the arguments we’ve had in the past, regardless of the arguments we will have in the future, this plan is the right thing to do right now.You should pass it.(Applause.)And I intend to take that message to every corner of this country.(Applause.)And I ask--I ask every American who agrees to lift your voice: Tell the people who are gathered here tonight that you want action now.Tell Washington that doing nothing is not an option.Remind us that if we act as one nation and one people, we have it within our power to meet this challenge.President Kennedy once said, “Our problems are man-made –-therefore they can be solved by man.And man can be as big as he wants.”

These are difficult years for our country.But we are Americans.We are tougher than the times we live in, and we are bigger than our politics have been.So let’s meet the moment.Let’s get to work, and let’s show the world once again why the United States of America remains the greatest nation on Earth.(Applause.)Thank you very much.God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.這個(gè)國家的人民努力工作以盡他們的責(zé)任。今晚的問題是我們是否能盡我們的責(zé)任。問題在于，面對當(dāng)前發(fā)生的國家危機(jī)，我們能否停止政治游戲，真正地干些實(shí)事來幫助經(jīng)濟(jì)，我們能否修復(fù)從一開始就為美國定性的一些公正性和安全感。

我們今晚站在這里的人無法解決我們國家所有的問題。最終，我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)恢復(fù)將不會由華盛頓來驅(qū)動，而是我們的行業(yè)和我們的工人所驅(qū)動。但我們可以提供幫助，我們能促成形勢好轉(zhuǎn)?，F(xiàn)在我們可以采取一些行動以幫助改善人們的生活。

我將向本屆議會提交一份你們應(yīng)當(dāng)立刻通過的計(jì)劃。它被命名為美國人就業(yè)法。這份議案應(yīng)當(dāng)沒有任何爭議，里面列舉的所有措施都是得到民主黨人和共和黨人支持的提議，其中包括獲得今晚許多在座人士的支持。這一法案中的所有措施都將得到回報(bào)。

美國人就業(yè)法的宗旨很簡單：即讓更多的人重新就業(yè)，讓那些正在工作的人收入增加。這將為建筑工人、教師、退伍老兵、長期失業(yè)者創(chuàng)造更多的工作崗位。它為那些雇傭新員工的公司提供稅收優(yōu)惠，讓所有在職美國人和小企業(yè)的工資稅減半。它將為陷入失速狀態(tài)的美國經(jīng)濟(jì)提供動力，給予公司信心，讓他們相信如果投資和招募新員工，它們的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)將會有客源。你們應(yīng)當(dāng)立刻通過這項(xiàng)就業(yè)計(jì)劃。

在座的各位都知道小企業(yè)是新就業(yè)崗位的最大來源。你知道，當(dāng)大公司的利潤水平恢復(fù)時(shí)，較小規(guī)模的公司的利潤水平并未得到恢復(fù)。所以，對于那些發(fā)表有關(guān)讓“創(chuàng)造就業(yè)者”的生活更加容易的熱情講演者來說，這一計(jì)劃是為你們制訂的。

通過這一就業(yè)法案，從明天開始，如果小企業(yè)招募新員工或者提高工人工資，它們將會得到稅收優(yōu)惠。所有小企業(yè)老板明年將看到他們的工資稅減半。如果你有50名拿普通工資的員工，那么你將減少8萬美元稅款支出。所有企業(yè)將能繼續(xù)沖銷2012年的投資。

這些提議不僅僅得到民主黨的支持。50名眾議院共和黨議員提出了同樣的工資稅減稅措施。你應(yīng)當(dāng)立刻通過這一計(jì)劃。

通過這項(xiàng)就業(yè)法案，我們可以讓人們就業(yè)，以便重建美國。在座的各位都知道我們?nèi)珖鞯氐牡缆泛蜆蛄阂涯昃檬?。我們的高速公路擁擠不堪。我們的天空是世界上最擁擠的天空。

這是不可原諒的。建設(shè)一個(gè)世界級的運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)是使我們成為經(jīng)濟(jì)超級大國的一部分。我們現(xiàn)在要坐下來，看到中國建設(shè)更多的航空港和更快的鐵路？在數(shù)百萬美國建筑工人失業(yè)的情況下，他們可能在美國建設(shè)這些設(shè)施么？

美國各地都有想獲得業(yè)務(wù)的私營建筑公司。俄亥俄州和肯塔基州的一所橋梁需要翻修，它是北美交通流量最大的一個(gè)橋梁。休斯敦的一個(gè)公共運(yùn)輸項(xiàng)目將幫助解決美國交通最擁堵的一個(gè)地區(qū)。全國各地有多所學(xué)校迫切需要翻新。我們?nèi)绾文芷诖覀兊暮⒆釉谝粋€(gè)幾乎要倒塌的學(xué)校里取得優(yōu)異的成績？這是美國，每個(gè)孩子都應(yīng)當(dāng)有一所非常好的學(xué)校。如果我們現(xiàn)在采取行動，我們可以讓每個(gè)孩子都擁有一所非常好的學(xué)校。

美國人就業(yè)法將對至少35000所學(xué)校進(jìn)行修繕并使其具有現(xiàn)代化設(shè)施，它將立刻使人們重新工作，修理學(xué)校的房頂和窗戶，安裝科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室，在全國各地的教室安裝高速互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。它將使那些在喪失贖回權(quán)危機(jī)中遭到最沉重打擊的社區(qū)居民和企業(yè)恢復(fù)過來。它將立刻啟動全國各地的數(shù)千個(gè)運(yùn)輸項(xiàng)目上。為了確保經(jīng)費(fèi)得到妥善使用和使得其所，我們已在進(jìn)一步改進(jìn)已就位的改革措施。沒有指定用途的款項(xiàng)，沒有無聊的工作，沒有不通往任何地方的橋梁。我們將減化使一些項(xiàng)目無法立刻開工的審批手續(xù)。我們將設(shè)立一個(gè)獨(dú)立基金以吸引私人資金并根據(jù)兩條標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來放貸：建設(shè)項(xiàng)目的迫切性，它對經(jīng)濟(jì)將會有多大益處。

這一想法來自得州的一名共和黨人和馬薩諸塞州一名民主黨人所寫的議案。推動大規(guī)模建設(shè)得到了美國最大商業(yè)組織和美國最大勞工組織的支持。這是得到民主黨人和共和黨人同樣支持的提議。你們應(yīng)當(dāng)立刻通過它。

通過這一就業(yè)法案，各州的數(shù)千名教師就能重返崗位，這些男女教師負(fù)責(zé)讓我們的孩子為世界作好準(zhǔn)備，這個(gè)世界的競爭正變得越來越激烈。但在韓國等其它國家增加教師的數(shù)量時(shí)，我們卻在大量解雇教師。這對于我們的孩子是不公平的。這損害了他們和我們的未來。這種情況需要被制止。通過這一就業(yè)法案，讓我們的老師重新回到他們所屬的教室。

通過這一就業(yè)法案，如果公司招募美國的退伍老兵，它們將得到額外的稅收優(yōu)惠。我們要求這些男女離開他們的職業(yè)，離開他們的家人，冒著生命危險(xiǎn)為我們的國家戰(zhàn)斗。他們最不應(yīng)該面臨的情況是當(dāng)他們回國后還要去四處尋找工作。

通過這一就業(yè)法案，數(shù)十萬弱勢年輕人將有明年獲得夏季工作的希望和尊嚴(yán)。他們的父母，那些非常想獲得工作的低收入美國人將得到走出貧困的更多階梯。

通過這一就業(yè)法案，如果公司招募任何一位已尋找工作六個(gè)月以上的失業(yè)人士，它們將獲得4000美元的稅收優(yōu)惠。我們得采取更多行動以幫助那些長期失業(yè)人士找到工作。這一就業(yè)計(jì)劃是喬治亞州一個(gè)項(xiàng)目的升級版，數(shù)位共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人曾強(qiáng)調(diào)了該項(xiàng)目，那些拿失業(yè)保險(xiǎn)的人們參與臨時(shí)工作，在培養(yǎng)他們的技能的同時(shí)尋找一個(gè)長期的工作。這一計(jì)劃還將失業(yè)保險(xiǎn)延長一年。如果數(shù)百萬失業(yè)美國人停止獲得失業(yè)保險(xiǎn)，停止使用失業(yè)保險(xiǎn)金來購買基本必需品，這將是對經(jīng)濟(jì)的災(zāi)難性打擊。民主和共和黨議員在過去曾多次支持失業(yè)保險(xiǎn)項(xiàng)目。在困難局面仍在持續(xù)的情況下，你應(yīng)當(dāng)再次立刻通過這一項(xiàng)目。

通過這一就業(yè)法案，一個(gè)典型的工薪家庭明年將得到1500美元稅收減免。1500美元稅款將重新回到你的口袋，這將進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大民主黨和共和黨人今年通過的稅收減免措施。如果我們讓稅收減免措施到期，如果我們拒絕采取行動，中產(chǎn)階層家庭將在最糟糕的時(shí)候遭到提高稅收的打擊。我們不能讓這樣的事情發(fā)生。我知道你們其中的一些人曾發(fā)誓稱只要活著就不會提高任何人的稅收?，F(xiàn)在不是采取例外措施，提高中產(chǎn)階層稅收的時(shí)候，這就是你們應(yīng)當(dāng)立刻通過這一法案的原因。

這是美國人就業(yè)法案。它將為建筑工人、老師、退役士兵、營救人員、年輕人、長期失業(yè)人員提供更多就業(yè)崗位。它將為招募新員工的公司提供稅收信貸，為小企業(yè)老板提供稅務(wù)抵減，為中產(chǎn)階層減稅。我還想美國人民知道一件事：美國人就業(yè)法將不會增加赤字，它有資金來源，以下是如何得到落實(shí)這一法案的資金來源。

我們七月通過的協(xié)議將使政府開支在未來十年減少1萬億美元，它還要求本屆國會在圣誕節(jié)之前提出額外的1.5萬億美元減支計(jì)劃。我今晚請求你們提高減支額度，以便為美國人就業(yè)法提供資金。我將在下周一的那周公布一個(gè)規(guī)模更大的赤字計(jì)劃，這個(gè)計(jì)劃不僅將覆蓋這一就業(yè)法案的開支，而且將從長遠(yuǎn)角度使我們的債務(wù)穩(wěn)定下來。

這一方法與我過去數(shù)個(gè)月來一直推動的方法基本一致。除了我已簽署成法律的萬億美元開支削減之外，這是一個(gè)平衡的計(jì)劃，它通過更多的開支削減措施，微幅調(diào)整醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)制度和公共醫(yī)療補(bǔ)助制度等衛(wèi)生保險(xiǎn)項(xiàng)目、改革我們的稅收制度以要求最富有美國人和最大規(guī)模的公司來支付公正的稅款來降低赤字。此外，開支削減措施不會突然發(fā)生，以防止它們拖累經(jīng)濟(jì)或者阻止我們幫助小企業(yè)和中產(chǎn)階層立刻重新站起來。

現(xiàn)在，我意識到我所屬的民主黨內(nèi)有一些人認(rèn)為我們不應(yīng)當(dāng)對醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)制度和公共醫(yī)療補(bǔ)助制度作任何調(diào)整，我理解他們的擔(dān)心。但以下是事實(shí)，數(shù)百萬美國人在退休時(shí)依賴醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)制度，未來也將有更多的人要依賴這一制度。他們在工作階段為獲得這一福利付錢。他們有權(quán)獲得這一福利。但隨著人口的老齡化和醫(yī)療開支的高漲，我們花錢的速度太快了。如果我們不逐步改革這一制度而保護(hù)當(dāng)前的受益者，當(dāng)未來的退休人士需要這一制度時(shí)，這一制度可能已不存在了。我們需要改革醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)制度以強(qiáng)化它。

我也知道許多共和黨人不認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)當(dāng)從那些最幸運(yùn)、最有能力承受稅付的人士征稅。但以下是所美國人都知道的。雖然美國大多數(shù)人正在艱難度日，一些最富有的個(gè)人和公司卻在享受其他人沒有享受的稅收優(yōu)惠和漏洞。巴菲特要承擔(dān)的稅率低于他的秘書，他已請求我們解決這一難以置信的現(xiàn)象。我們需要一個(gè)所有人都得到公平負(fù)擔(dān)的稅制。我認(rèn)為大多數(shù)富有的美國人和首席執(zhí)行官們愿意這樣作，如果它能幫助經(jīng)濟(jì)增長，恢復(fù)我們金融機(jī)構(gòu)的秩序的話。

我也將提供改革公司稅收制度的想法，公司稅收制度長期以來一直受華盛頓特別利益的影響。通過取消漏洞和減免，我們可以降低世界上最高的公司稅率。我們的稅收制度不應(yīng)當(dāng)使那些有能力支付游說人士費(fèi)用的公司享有優(yōu)勢。它應(yīng)當(dāng)使那些在美國投資和創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位的公司獲得優(yōu)勢。

所以，我們可以降低赤字，為我們的債務(wù)支付首付款，提供創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位所需經(jīng)費(fèi)。但為了作到這一點(diǎn)，我們將不得不確定我們的優(yōu)先事項(xiàng)。我們得問我們自己：“什么是使經(jīng)濟(jì)增長，創(chuàng)造就業(yè)的最佳方法？”

我們是否應(yīng)當(dāng)為石油公司保留稅收漏洞？或者我們應(yīng)當(dāng)把那筆錢給小企業(yè)老板作稅務(wù)抵減，當(dāng)他們招募新員工時(shí)？因?yàn)槲覀儧]有錢同時(shí)作兩件事。我們是否應(yīng)當(dāng)保留百萬富翁和億萬富翁的稅收優(yōu)惠？或者我們是否應(yīng)當(dāng)讓教師重返工作，以便讓我們的孩子能夠從大學(xué)畢業(yè)，獲得好的工作？目前，我們沒有財(cái)力同時(shí)作這兩件事。

這并不是政治上的嘩眾取寵，這不是階層戰(zhàn)爭，這是一個(gè)簡單的算數(shù)問題。這是我們要作到的真正選擇。我非常確定我知道大多數(shù)美國人將會作出何種選擇。它甚至不會很接近?，F(xiàn)在是我們?yōu)槲覀兊奈磥碜髡_的事情的時(shí)候了。

美國人就業(yè)法回答了立刻創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位的迫切需要，但我們不能止步于此。正如我在競選總統(tǒng)時(shí)就一直所說的那樣，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)不局限于目前的危機(jī)，開始建設(shè)一個(gè)將能在未來持續(xù)的經(jīng)濟(jì)，一個(gè)創(chuàng)造好的中產(chǎn)階層工作崗位的經(jīng)濟(jì)，這些崗位的收入不錯，而且安全。我們現(xiàn)在生活在一個(gè)技術(shù)能使公司在任何地方發(fā)展的世界。如果我們想讓它們在這里起步，留在這里并雇傭這里的人，那么我們必須能夠比世界任何其它國家提早建設(shè)，提早教育，提前創(chuàng)新。

這一使美國從長期角度更具競爭性的任務(wù)是我們所有人的工作，是政府和私營公司、各州、當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)，每位美國人的任務(wù)。我們所有人都要加入其中。我們所有人都要改變我們作事的方式。

我的政府能夠和將采取一些措施以我們自身的競爭性。例如，如果你是一家與聯(lián)邦政府有合同的小型公司老板，我們將確保你能盡快獲得款項(xiàng)。我們還計(jì)劃減少審批手續(xù)，太多快速增長的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司在籌集資本和上市方面面臨審批手續(xù)的制約。為了幫助負(fù)責(zé)任的業(yè)主，我們將與聯(lián)邦住房金融局幫助更多人來重新安排房貸，房貸的利率現(xiàn)在接近于4%。這一措施將使一家人每年多獲得2000美元，推動仍受制于房價(jià)下跌的經(jīng)濟(jì)。

其它步驟將需要國會的行動。今天你們將通過將加速過時(shí)專利審批進(jìn)程的改革措施，這樣企業(yè)家就能把一個(gè)新想法盡快轉(zhuǎn)變成新商機(jī)。這是我們需要采取的行動。目前為了一系列貿(mào)易協(xié)議鋪平道路的時(shí)候了，這將使美國公司能夠更加容易地在巴拿馬、哥倫比亞、韓國出售他們的產(chǎn)品，同時(shí)也將幫助那些在全球競爭中工作職位受到影響的員工。如果美國人可以購買起亞和現(xiàn)代車，我想讓韓國人駕駛福特、雪佛蘭、克萊斯勒。我想看到更多的美國制造產(chǎn)品在世界各地出售。

在所有提升競爭力的努力方面，我們需要尋找到與美國行業(yè)并肩合作的方法。這就是我為什么組建了一個(gè)由來自各個(gè)行業(yè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人組成的就業(yè)委員會，他們正在制訂一系列新想法以幫助公司成長和創(chuàng)造就業(yè)。

我們現(xiàn)在已動員了行業(yè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人通過公司實(shí)習(xí)和訓(xùn)練項(xiàng)目來每年訓(xùn)練1萬名美國工程師。其它行為將為那些在社區(qū)大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)新技能的員工提供學(xué)費(fèi)。我們將確保下一代的制造業(yè)在美國扎根，而不是在中國或歐洲。如果我們提供正確的激勵措施和支持，如果我們確保我們的貿(mào)易伙伴公平競爭，我們可以制造出從節(jié)油汽車、先進(jìn)生物燃料、暢銷世界各地的半導(dǎo)體在內(nèi)的所有東西。這是美國如何能再次作到世界第一的方法。這是美國將再次成為世界第一的方法。

現(xiàn)在我認(rèn)識到你們中的一些人可能對如何使經(jīng)濟(jì)成長有不同的理論，你們中的一些人真誠地相信，解決我們經(jīng)濟(jì)挑戰(zhàn)的唯一方法是削減大部分政府開支，取消大多數(shù)政府規(guī)定。

我認(rèn)同我們已支付不起浪費(fèi)性的開支，我將繼續(xù)與國會合作以斷絕這一現(xiàn)象。我也認(rèn)為一些規(guī)則和規(guī)定使一些企業(yè)在它們最無力承擔(dān)的時(shí)候承受了毫無必要的負(fù)擔(dān)。這就是我為什么下令對所有政府規(guī)則進(jìn)行重新評估的原因。到目前為止，我們已確定了500項(xiàng)改革措施，這將在未來幾年節(jié)省數(shù)百億美元。我們應(yīng)當(dāng)所有規(guī)則都是為了確保美國人民健康、安全、安保所制訂的。所有規(guī)則都必須經(jīng)受住常識的考驗(yàn)。

但是我們不能做，我也不會做的事是讓經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)作借口來取消美國人數(shù)十年一直依賴的基本保護(hù)。我拒絕有關(guān)我們應(yīng)當(dāng)讓人們在就業(yè)和安全性方面作出選擇的想法。我不認(rèn)同那些稱為了使經(jīng)濟(jì)增長我們應(yīng)當(dāng)弱化用戶不受信用卡公司隱藏收費(fèi)困擾的保護(hù)措施，或者那些使我們的兒童遠(yuǎn)離水銀的規(guī)定，或者防止保險(xiǎn)公司坑騙病人的法律。我不認(rèn)同那些為了在全球經(jīng)濟(jì)競爭就要剝奪工資集體協(xié)商權(quán)的想法。我們不應(yīng)當(dāng)向下競爭，提供最廉價(jià)的勞工和最糟糕的污染標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。美國應(yīng)當(dāng)向上全速行進(jìn)。我認(rèn)為這是一場我們能夠贏得的比賽。

事實(shí)上，有關(guān)我們恢復(fù)繁榮的唯一方法是解散政府，歸還所有人的錢，讓所有人制訂自己的規(guī)劃，告訴所有人要只憑借自身力量的理念不是美國人的想法。這不是美國的故事。

是的，我們是堅(jiān)定的個(gè)人主義者。是的，我們很強(qiáng)大，自力更生。我們工人和企業(yè)家的干勁和創(chuàng)意使我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)成為世界的發(fā)動機(jī)，令其它國家感到羨慕。

但我們的歷史中一直存在著另一條主線：一個(gè)我們所有人都是相聯(lián)系的，我們作為國家只能一起合作共事才能完成的一些事情。

我們都記得林肯是一位挽救了我們聯(lián)盟的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。但在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)進(jìn)行到中期的時(shí)候，他也是一位展望未來的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，一位動員政府來建設(shè)跨洲際鐵路、建立國家科學(xué)院、組建首批贈地大學(xué)的共和黨總統(tǒng)。兩黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人追隨了他所創(chuàng)立的榜樣。

問一下你們自己，如果先前坐在這里的人沒有決定建設(shè)我們的高速公路和橋梁，我們的水壩和我們的機(jī)場，我們現(xiàn)在會在哪里？如果我們沒有選擇投資于公立中學(xué)或者研究性大學(xué)或者社區(qū)大學(xué)，這個(gè)國家將會是什么樣？包括我祖父在內(nèi)的數(shù)百萬退伍老兵由于美國士兵法案而獲得了上學(xué)的機(jī)會。如果他們沒有那個(gè)機(jī)會，我們現(xiàn)在會在哪里？

如果往屆國會決定不支持產(chǎn)生互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和計(jì)算機(jī)芯片的基礎(chǔ)研究，我們將會損失多少工作崗位？如果本屆國會只是因?yàn)橛嘘P(guān)政府行為的僵化觀念而否決社?；蛘哚t(yī)療保險(xiǎn)制度，這個(gè)國家會是什么樣子？有多少美國人將會因此受苦？

沒有哪個(gè)個(gè)人憑借自身的力量建設(shè)了美國，我們共同建設(shè)了它。我們過去將來也一直是一個(gè)國家，在上帝的看護(hù)下，不可分裂，所有人都能享受自由和正義，一個(gè)對我們自身和彼此負(fù)有責(zé)任的國家。國會議員們，現(xiàn)在是我們負(fù)起責(zé)任的時(shí)候了。

我今晚提出的每項(xiàng)提議過去都曾得到民主黨人和共和黨人的支持，我所提出的所有提議都有經(jīng)費(fèi)保護(hù)。所有提議就是為了滿足我們?nèi)嗣窈蜕鐓^(qū)的迫切需要所制訂的。

我知道人們對目前的政治活動是否允許的我們通過就業(yè)計(jì)劃或者任何這方面的計(jì)劃存在一些疑問。我們已看到和過去一樣的媒體聲明和推特言論。媒體已宣稱我們無法克服我們的分歧。人們中的一些人可能認(rèn)為，分歧是如此地大，我們將只能通過投票箱來解決這些分歧。

但是應(yīng)當(dāng)知道這一點(diǎn)：現(xiàn)在距離下一次選舉只有14個(gè)月的時(shí)間，把我們送到這里的人們，那些雇傭我們?yōu)樗麄児ぷ鞯娜藗儾]有等待14個(gè)月時(shí)間的奢侈。他們中的一些人正在艱難度日，他們需要幫助，他們現(xiàn)在就需要幫助。

我不想假裝認(rèn)為這一計(jì)劃將能解決所有問題，它不應(yīng)當(dāng)也不會是我們所提議的最后一項(xiàng)行動方案。從危機(jī)的一開始指導(dǎo)我們行動就不是尋找靈丹妙藥。它一直是持續(xù)關(guān)注，不斷地嘗試能夠奏效的新想法，聽取所有好的提議，不管是哪一個(gè)黨提出的。

不管我們過去或者將來有何爭論，這一計(jì)劃是我們現(xiàn)在要做的正確事情。你們應(yīng)當(dāng)通過它。我想把這一信息傳播到美國的各個(gè)角落。我也請所有對此持支持態(tài)度的美國人發(fā)言，告訴議員們，你需要立刻采取行動。告訴華盛頓，什么事不做不是一個(gè)選項(xiàng)。提醒我們，如果我們作為一個(gè)國家和一個(gè)人民來行動，我們有能力應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)。

肯尼迪總統(tǒng)曾說過：“我們的問題是人為的，因此它們可以被人們所解決。心有多廣大，人就有多強(qiáng)大?！?/p>

現(xiàn)在對我們國家來說這是困難的歲月，但我們是美國人，我們要比我們生活的時(shí)代更堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，我們要比我們的政治活動更偉大。所以，讓我們迎接這一時(shí)刻。讓我們工作，向世界再次表明，美國仍是世界上最偉大的國家。謝謝你們，上帝保佑你，愿上帝保佑美國。(