Weekly Address: This Labor Day, Lets Talk About the Budget (September 05, 2015)

奧巴馬每周電視講話：勞動節談論預算問題

Hello, everybody. I hope most of you are gearing up for a long weekend with family and friends - maybe some barbeques, road trips, or fantasy drafts. But I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about the real meaning of Labor Day – a day we set aside every year to honor the hardworking men and women who fought for so many of the rights that we take for granted today.

大家好。我想你們大多數人正在攢足了勁兒與家人和朋友們度過一個長周末—可能有些人烤肉、有的人觀光或玩fantasy drafts。但是我想花幾分鐘和各位談談勞動節的真正意義—一個一年一度的，我們把其它事放下，向辛勤勞動為那么多我們 今天覺得理所當然的權利而奮斗的男男女女表示敬意的一天。

The eight-hour workday, 40-hour workweek, weekends.Overtime and the minimum wage.Safer workplaces. Health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, and retirement plans.All of those gains were fought for and won by the labor movement-folks who were working not just for a bigger paycheck for themselves, but for more security and prosperity for the folks working next to them as well.That's how we built the great American middle class.

每天8小時工作制，每周工作40小時，有周末假期。加班工資和最低工資標準。更安全的工作環境。健康保險、社會保險、醫療保險、退休金計劃。所有這些都是通過勞工運動爭取來的，他們的付出不僅僅是為了自己能有更高的工資收入，而是為了跟他們一起工作的人們有更安定、更殷實的生活。正是通過這種方式，我們美國才有了強大的中產階級。

That's the spirit we've been working to restore these past six and a half years.On Friday, we found out that the economy created another 173,000 jobs in August.Over the past five and a half years, our businesses have created 13.1 million new jobs in total-the longest streak of job creation on record.The unemployment rate dropped to 5.1%, the lowest it's been in seven years.The American auto industry is on track to sell more cars and trucks this year than it has in more than a decade.Sixteen million Americans have gained the security of health insurance.Seventeen states and about 30 cities and counties have raised the minimum wage.And we've proposed extending overtime protections to as many as five million Americans.All of that is progress.

這正是過去6年半的時間里我們一直在重建的精神。本周五，統計數據顯示，我們8月新增17.3萬個就業崗位。在過去5年半里，企業共創造1310萬個就業崗位，這是有史以來最長的就業連續增長記錄。失業率降低到5.1%，是7年來的最低值。美國的汽車產業重回發展正軌，今年的汽、卡車銷售量比過去十年的總量還要多。1600萬美國人民獲得了健康保險的保障。17個州和30多個市、縣提高了最低工資標準。我們還提出要為500多萬美國人民提供額外的加班保障措施。所有這些都是實實在在的成就。

This month, Congress has an opportunity to continue that progress.As always, the deadline for Congress to pass a budget is the end of September.Every year.This is not new.And if they don't, they'll shut down the government for the second time in two years.At a time when the global economy faces headwinds and America's economy is a relative bright spot in the world, a shutdown of our government would be wildly irresponsible.It would be an unforced error that saps the momentum we've worked so hard to build.Plain and simple, a shutdown would hurt working Americans.

這個月，國會還有機會繼續推進這一成就。一般而言，國會通過預算方案的最后期限是九月底。每年都如此。這并不新鮮。如果他們不這么做，就會迫使政府在兩年內第二次關門歇業。在全球經濟發展面臨壓力、美國作為全球經濟發展風向標的情況下，政府關門實在是不可理喻的、毫無責任心的行為。這種非受迫性錯誤將削弱我們付出巨大努力構建的經濟發展動力。直截了當的說，政府關門將損害所有美國工薪人士的利益。

It doesn't have to happen.If Congress wants to support working Americans and strengthen our middle class, they can pass a budget that invests in, not makes cuts to, the middle class.If they pass a budget with shortsighted sequester cuts that harm our military and our economy, I'll veto it.If they make smart investments in our military readiness, our infrastructure, our schools, public health, and research, I'll sign that budget-and they know that.

這種事不應發生。如果國會希望為工薪階層提供幫助，壯大我們的中產階層，那就應該通過預算方案，增加而不是減少對中產階級的投入。如果他們通過的是短視的自動減支的預算方案，將會危害我們的軍隊和經濟發展，我肯定會否決。如果他們對軍備、基礎設施、學校、公共衛生、科研等領域進行明智的投資，我一定會簽署這樣的預算方案，這一點他們也知道。

So let's get it done.Our economy doesn't need another round of threats and brinksmanship.Nobody gets to play games with our economy-or the middle class I grew up in, and that you grew up in.So tell Congress to pass a budget that reflects the values we honor on Labor Day.Rewarding hard work.Giving everybody a fair shot.And working together to give all of our kids a better life.Thanks everybody.And enjoy your weekend.

所以，我們還是把事情做好。我們的經濟不能再次面臨威脅和崩潰。任何人膽敢玩弄我們的經濟，或者是我參與其成長的中產階級，我就陪他們玩到底。因此，請告訴國會，通過能夠體現在勞動節這一天我們所尊崇的價值觀的預算方案。鼓勵大家勤勞工作。讓每個人都有公平的機會。共同努力，為我們的子孫創造更美好的生活。謝謝大家！祝大家周末愉快！

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