【美国总统电台演说】2010-07-17.docVIP

?Prepared Remarks of President???????????? Barack??Obama ?????? Weekly Address?????? Saturday,?July 17th, 2010? ? This week, many of our largest corporations reported robust earnings – a positive sign of growth. But too many of our small business owners and those who aspire to start their own small businesses continue to struggle, in part because they can’t get the credit they need to start up, grow, and hire.? And too many Americans whose livelihoods have fallen prey to the worst recession in our lifetimes – a recession that cost our economy eight million jobs – still wonder how they’ll make ends meet. That’s why we need to take new, commonsense steps to help small businesses, grow our economy, and create jobs – and we need to take them now. For months, that’s what we’ve been trying to do.? But too often, the Republican leadership in the United States Senate chooses to filibuster our recovery and obstruct our progress.? And that has very real consequences. Consider what that obstruction means for our small businesses – the growth engines that create two of every three new jobs in this country.? A lot of small businesses still have trouble getting the loans and capital they need to keep their doors open and hire new workers.? So we proposed steps to get them that help:? Eliminating capital gains taxes on investments.? Establishing a fund for small lenders to help small businesses.? Enhancing successful SBA programs that help them access the capital they need. But again and again, a partisan minority in the Senate said “no,” and used procedural tactics to block a simple, up-or-down vote. Think about what these stalling tactics mean for the millions of Americans who’ve lost their jobs since the recession began.? Over the past several weeks, more than two million of them have seen their unemployment insurance expire.? For many, it was the only way to make ends meet while searching for work – the only way to cover rent, utilities, even food. Three times, the Senate h