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主题：奥巴马演讲：我们需要的变革 收藏本贴 | 好友分享 | 推广拿分点击:24496???|???回复:39???|???标签: ?? 现在是美国历史的关键时刻。 This is a defining moment in our history.  我们面临着大萧条以来最为严重的一场经济危机：今年以来已经有76万人失业； We face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression -- 760,000 workers have lost their jobs this year.  企业和家庭无法获得信贷； Businesses and families cant get credit.  房价不断下滑，养老金日益缩水； Home values are falling, and pensions are disappearing.  工资降到了十年来的最低水平，同时医疗和教育成本却涨到了有史以来的最高点。 Wages are lower than theyve been in a decade, at a time when the costs of health care and college have never been higher.  在眼下这样的危急时刻，我们承受不起又一个四年的支出增长、千疮百孔的减税措施、或是监管全无──即使是美国联邦储备委员会前主席格林斯潘现在也承认那是个错误。美国需要一个新的方向。 At a moment like this, we cant afford four more years of spending increases, poorly designed tax cuts, or the complete lack of regulatory oversight that even former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan now believes was a mistake. America needs a new direction. 这也正是我竞选美国总统的原因所在。 Thats why Im running for president of the United States.  明天，也就是周二，你们将有能力赋予这个国家我们所需要的变革。 Tomorrow, you can give this country the change we need.  我的竞选对手麦凯恩参议员为美国作出的贡献令人尊敬。 My opponent, Senator McCain, has served his country honorably.  他甚至可以指出他过去曾有几次与自己的党派分道扬镳。 He can even point to a few moments in the past where he has broken from his party.  然而，在过去八年中，他十之八九都赞同布什总统的主张。 But over the past eight years, hes voted with President Bush 90% of the time.  而在经济问题上，他仍然无法向美国民众说明，他与布什的做法会有什么太大区别。 And when it comes to the economy, he still cant tell the American people one major thing hed do differently from George Bush.  如果提出的税收计划没有让1亿多美国中产阶级获得一分钱的税项减免，这不是变革──即使是《国家评论》杂志和其他保守派组织也抱怨说，这个计划对造福中产阶级贡献寥寥。 Its not change to come up with a tax plan that doesnt give a penny of relief to more than 100 million middle-class Americans -- a plan that even the National Review and other conservative organizations complain does far too little to benefit the middle class. 在近年来不断累积的财政赤字上再添5万亿美元，这不是变革。