【美国总统演讲】2015.04.11免除社区大学学费.docx

【美国总统演讲】2015.04.11免除社区大学学费Weekly?Address:?Tuition-Free?Community?CollegeWASHINGTON,?DC?—?In?this?week’s?address,?the?VicePresident?laid?out?his?and?the?President’s?plan?to?maketwo?years?of?community?college?free?for?responsiblestudents.??Access?to?higher?education?has?a?tangible?impact?on?a?student’s?success:Those?with?an?associate’s?degree?earn?25%?more?than?folks?who?graduated?highschool,?and?those?with?a?four-year?degree?make?70%?more.?Not?only?that,?but?abetter?educated?citizenry?is?necessary?to?ensure?that?the?United?States?continues?toout-compete?the?rest?of?the?world.??Making?two?years?of?community?college?free?isgood?for?workers,?good?for?companies,?and?good?for?our?economy.??And?thisproposal?is?part?of?the?President’s?broader?vision?for?middle-class?economics:?thateverybody?who?works?hard?deserves?their?fair?shot?and?the?chance?to?get?ahead.Remarks?of?Vice?President?Joe?BidenWeekly?AddressThe?White?HouseApril?11, 2015Ladies?and?Gentlemen,?this?is?Joe?Biden?and?I’m?here?filling?in?for?President?Obama,?who?is?travelingabroad.And?I’m?here?with?a?simple?message:?middle-class?economics?works.Our?economy?has?gone?from?crisis?to?recovery?to?now?to?resurgence—with?the?longest?streak?ofconsecutive?job?growth?ever?recorded?in?the?history?of?this?country?and?more?than?all?otheradvanced?countries?combined.But?to?make?sure?everyone?is?part?of?this?resurgence,?we?need?to?build?on?what?we?know?widensthe?path?to?the?middle?class—and?you?all?know?what?it?is,?access?to?education.Folks,?the?source?of?our?economic?power?and?middle?class?strength?in?the?20th?Century?was?thefact?that?we?were?among?the?first?major?nations?in?the?world?to?provide?twelve?years?of?freeeducation?for?our?citizens.But?in?the?21st?Century,?other?countries?have?already?caught?up?and?twelve?years?is?simply?nolonger?enough—a?minimum?of?fourteen?years?is?necessary?for?families?to?have?a?surer?path?to?themiddle?class?and?for?the?United?States?to?be?able?to?out-compete?the?rest?of?the?world.Consider?that?by?t