奥巴马演讲:奥巴马俄亥俄州民宅谈经济
President Obama holds a discussion on the economy with local families in the backyard of the Weithman family in Columbus, OH.
【Transcript】
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I am — I’m just thrilled to be here. And I want to thank Joe and Rhonda and the entire family for being such great hosts. And I want to thank all of you for taking the time to be here.
I see the mayor of Columbus is here, a great friend. Somebody who’s going to be running and I hope winning for the U.S. Senate, Lee Fisher is here. And Mary Jo Kilroy is here. We’ve got one of the best senators I believe in the United States Senate in Sherrod Brown — is here. And one of the finest governors in the country, Ted Strickland, is here. So give those folks a big round of applause. (Applause.)
Should we tell them to take off their jackets, too? (Laughter.) Take off your jackets, guys. Lighten up a little bit. Sheesh! (Laughter.)
This is just a great opportunity for me to have a conversation with you. And I don’t want this to be too formal. What I want to do is have a chance to listen to you and also answer your questions. What we’ve tried to do whenever we are in a setting like this is to talk about the things that folks are going through day to day — because, look, I’ll be honest with you, sometimes when you’re in Washington you get caught up with the particular legislative battles or the media spin on certain issues, and sometimes you lose touch in terms of what folks are talking about around the kitchen table.
One of the ways that I stay in touch is through events like this, as well as reading letters from constituents and voters all across the country every night. And obviously what’s on a lot of people’s minds right now is the economy.
We went through the worst recession that we’ve had since the Great Depression. And when I was sworn in about 18 months ago, we had already lost several million jobs and we were about to lose several million more. We lost 800,000 jobs the month I was sworn in. And so we had to act fast and take some emergency steps to prevent the economy from going back into what could have been a Great Depression.
And we were successful in doing so. We stabilized the economy; we stabilized the financial system. We didn’t have a complete meltdown. And whereas we were losing jobs in the private sector when I was first sworn in, we’re now gaining jobs, and we’ve gained jobs seven consecutive months in the private sector. The economy was shrinking about 6 percent; the economy is now growing. So we’ve made progress. But let’s face it, the progress hasn’t been fast enough.
And Joe, Rhonda and I were just talking about the challenges that they’ve had to go through when Rhonda got laid off — and, by the way, also lost her health insurance in the process, at a time when her son was going through some significant medical needs. So, in addition to trying to stop the crisis, what we also wanted to do was make sure that we were helping people get back on their feet. So something that I’m very pleased with is that Rhonda was able to use the provisions that we passed to help her get COBRA so that she had health insurance, could keep her health insurance, at a time when the family was very much in need. And millions of people across the country have been able to keep their health insurance.
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【相关中文报道】
据美国媒体报道，根据美联社和消费调研公司联合进行的民意调查显示，奥巴马的经济政策支持率降至新低，同时调查发现，大多数美国人看淡美国的经济前景。
现在距离今年11月2日美国国会中期选举还有11周，选民的支持率可能会大大影响奥巴马的成绩。
此次调查显示，仅有41%的受调查者认同奥巴马的经济政策，这个数字比4月份的44%降低了3个百分点，另外有56%对奥巴马的表现持否定态度。在受调查者中，有61%认为美国经济在下滑或者止步不前。
不过，有3/4的人表示，在新总统上任18个月内，看到经济显著回升是不现实的。同时，奥巴马的综合表现并没有受到经济问题的影响，其综合支持率仍保持在49%，部分原因是因为大多数美国人从个人角度对奥巴马仍有好感。
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