奧巴馬在本周的電視演講中，提到了關于中產階級的定義，比如有一份收入豐厚的好工作、有房子、受過良好的教育、有保障的退休生活以及負擔得起的醫保。而一切歸根結底取決于持久而穩定的經濟增長，所以奧巴馬將會繼續推出經濟刺激計劃。

奧巴馬2013年7月27日演講
A Better Bargain for the Middle Class 為中產階級爭取更多利益譯文

Hi everybody. On Wednesday, I spoke about what we need to do as a country to build a better bargain for the middle class – to make sure everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead in the 21st century economy.
大家好。周三，我談到了我們作為一個國家需要做什么為中產階級討回一點利益—確保任何努力工作的人在21世紀的經濟里有機會過得好。

You see, over the past four and a half years, America has fought its way back from the worst recession of our lifetimes. We saved the auto industry, took on a broken health care system, invested in new American technologies to reverse our addiction to foreign oil, and changed a tax code too skewed in favor of the wealthiest at the expense of working families.
眾所周知，在過去的四年半里，美國一直在艱苦奮斗，走出我們一生中最嚴重的衰退。我們挽救了汽車工業，修補了破損的醫療體系，投資于美國的新技術逆轉我們對進口石油的依賴，修改了傾向于最富人群而犧牲工薪階層的稅法。

As a result, our businesses have created 7.2 million new jobs over the past 40 months. We produce more renewable energy than ever, and more natural gas than anyone. Health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years. Our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years.
結果是，我們的企業在過去的40個月里創造了7百20萬新就業機會。我們比以往生產了更多的可再生能源，生產的天然氣超過任何國家。醫療成本增長率創50年來最低。我們的以60年來最快的速度下降。

Thanks to the grit and resilience of the American people, we’ve cleared away the rubble of crisis and begun to lay a new foundation for stronger,  more durable economic growth.
多虧了美國人民的堅忍不拔，我們掃清了危機的廢墟奠定了更加強勁更加持久的經濟增長的基礎。

But as any middle-class family will tell you, we’re not yet where we need to be. Trends that have been eroding middle-class security for decades – technology that makes some jobs obsolete, global competition that makes others moveable, growing inequality and the policies that perpetuate it – all these things still exist, and in some ways, the recession made them worse.
但是正如任何一個中產階級今天會告訴你的，我們做的還不到位。幾十年來侵蝕中產階級安全感的各種趨勢—使一些工作過時的技術，使其他國家進步的全球競爭，日益增長的不平等和令其屢禁不止的政策—這一切都存在，經濟衰退還以某些方式加重這些。

Reversing these trends must be Washington’s highest priority. It sure is mine. But over the past couple of years in particular, Washington has taken its eye off the ball. An endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals shift focus from what needs to be done. And as Washington prepares to enter another budget debate, the stakes could not be higher. The choices we make now will determine whether or not every American has a fighting chance in the 21st century.
逆轉這些趨勢必須是華盛頓的第一要務。它肯定是我的第一要務。但是在過去的幾年里，華盛頓反而把視線轉開了。無盡的游行、政治作秀、造假丑聞使我們偏離了我們需要做的。隨著華盛頓準備進入另一場預算辯論，沒有什么更加緊迫了。我們現在做出的決策將決定是否每一個美國人都在21世紀有機會奮斗。

If we don’t make the investments necessary to make America a magnet for good jobs – in education, and manufacturing, and research, and our transportation and information networks – we might as well hit the “pause” button while the rest of the world forges ahead in a global economy. And that ’ s certainly not going to fix what ails the middle class.
如果我們不做必要的投資使美國成為好工作的磁石—在教育、制造業、研究和我們的交通通訊網絡的投資—我們可能就會按下“暫停”按鈕，而世界上其他更加則在全球經濟中大踏步前進。這當然不能解決中產階級的困擾。

Here’s what will: a strategy that builds on the cornerstones of what it means to be middle class in America, and what it takes to work your way into the middle class. Good jobs that pay good wages. An education that prepares our children and our workers for the global competition they’ll face. Homeownership that’s based on a solid foundation, where buyers and lenders play by the same set of rules. Affordable health care that’s there for you when you get sick. A secure retirement even if you’re not rich. More chances for folks to earn their way into the middle class as long as they’re willing to work for it.
以下是能解決這些困擾的：建立在決定什么是美國的中產階級的基石上的戰略，它能為你開辟進入中產階級的道路。收入可觀的好工作。武裝我們的孩子們和工人們應對他們面臨的全球競爭的教育?；A牢固的居者有其屋，買房者和放貸者在同一規則下競爭。當你生病時可承受的醫療。你不富裕也有保靠的退休金。更多的只要努力工作就能得到的進入中產階級的機會。

Over the next several weeks, in cities and towns across the country, I’ll continue to lay out my ideas in each of these areas. Because reversing the forces that have conspired against the middle class for decades will require more than short-term thinking; it will require a long-term American strategy, based on steady, persistent effort.
在未來的幾周里，在全國各個城市和鄉鎮，我將繼續在這些地區闡述我的觀點。因為打退幾十年來暗中損害中產階級的勢力需要的不是短期思維；它需要的是長期的美國戰略，基于穩定的堅實的努力的戰略。

I know there are members of both parties who understand what’s at stake, and I’m open to ideas from across the political spectrum, as long as they meet the test of strengthening the prospects of hard-working families. But repealing Obamacare, gutting critical investments in our future, threatening to default on the bills this country has already racked up, or shutting down the government just because I’m for keeping it open – none of those thing add up to an economic plan. None of that will take this country where it needs to go.
我知道兩黨都有一批人理解什么是當務之急，我將海納百川聽取任何政治派別的意見，只要它們能經得起加強勤奮工作家庭愿景的考驗。但是廢除“奧巴馬醫保”，對未來投資釜底抽薪，威脅要對國家已經積累的赤字賴賬，或僅僅因為我傾向繼續運行就關閉政府—這些都不能列入經濟計劃。這些都不能使國家實現其發展目標。

We can do this if we work together. It won’t be easy, but if we take a few bold steps – and if Washington is willing to shake off its complacency and set aside some of the slash-and-burn partisanship we’ ve seen in recent years – our economy will keep getting stronger.
如果我們齊心協力我們就能做到這些。它不是能一蹴而就的，但是如果我們采取一些大膽的舉措—如果華盛頓愿意放棄他們的妄自尊大和擱置我們近年來看到的爭斗性政黨關系—我們的經濟就能更加強勁。

And as long as I have the privilege of holding this office, I will spend every minute of every day doing everything in my power to make this economy work for working Americans again; to build that better bargain for the middle class; to make sure that the American Dream is something that’s achievable for everybody – not just today, but for decades to come.
只要我有機會在總統職位，我就會每日每時每刻在我的職權范圍內盡一切努力使這個經濟體再次為辛勤工作的美國人工作；為中產階級爭取更多利益；確保美國夢是每個人都能圓的夢—不僅今天，今后幾十年也如此。

Thanks, and have a great weekend.
謝謝，周末愉快。
 

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