Remarks of President Barack Obama<\/center>\n\n\n\nWeekly Address<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, January 24th, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We begin this year and this Administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action. Just this week, we saw more people file for unemployment than at any time in the last twenty-six years, and experts agree that if nothing is done, the unemployment rate could reach double digits. Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four. And we could lose a generation of potential, as more young Americans are forced to forgo college dreams or the chance to train for the jobs of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, if we do not act boldly and swiftly, a bad situation could become dramatically worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is why I have proposed an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to immediately jumpstart job creation as well as long-term economic growth. I am pleased to say that both parties in Congress are already hard at work on this plan, and I hope to sign it into law in less than a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a plan that will save or create three to four million jobs over the next few years, and one that recognizes both the paradox and the promise of this moment – the fact that there are millions of Americans trying to find work even as, all around the country, there\u2019s so much work to be done. That\u2019s why this is not just a short-term program to boost employment. It\u2019s one that will invest in our most important priorities like energy and education; health care and a new infrastructure that are necessary to keep us strong and competitive in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today I\u2019d like to talk specifically about the progress we expect to make in each of these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To accelerate the creation of a clean energy economy, we will double our capacity to generate alternative sources of energy like wind, solar, and biofuels over the next three years. We\u2019ll begin to build a new electricity grid that lay down more than 3,000 miles of transmission lines to convey this new energy from coast to coast. We\u2019ll save taxpayers $2 billion a year by making 75% of federal buildings more energy efficient, and save the average working family $350 on their energy bills by weatherizing 2.5 million homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To lower health care cost, cut medical errors, and improve care, we\u2019ll computerize the nation\u2019s health record in five years, saving billions of dollars in health care costs and countless lives. And we\u2019ll protect health insurance for more than 8 million Americans who are in danger of losing their coverage during this economic downturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To ensure our children can compete and succeed in this new economy, we\u2019ll renovate and modernize 10,000 schools, building state-of-the-art classrooms, libraries, and labs to improve learning for over five million students. We\u2019ll invest more in Pell Grants to make college affordable for seven million more students, provide a $2,500 college tax credit to four million students, and triple the number of fellowships in science to help spur the next generation of innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, we will rebuild and retrofit America to meet the demands of the 21st century. That means repairing and modernizing thousands of miles of America\u2019s roadways and providing new mass transit options for millions of Americans. It means protecting America by securing 90 major ports and creating a better communications network for local law enforcement and public safety officials in the event of an emergency. And it means expanding broadband access to millions of Americans, so business can compete on a level-playing field, wherever they\u2019re located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know that some are skeptical about the size and scale of this recovery plan. I understand that skepticism, which is why this recovery plan must and will include unprecedented measures that will allow the American people to hold my Administration accountable for these results. We won\u2019t just throw money at our problems – we\u2019ll invest in what works. Instead of politicians doling out money behind a veil of secrecy, decisions about where we invest will be made public, and informed by independent experts whenever possible. We\u2019ll launch an unprecedented effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending in our government, and every American will be able to see how and where we spend taxpayer dollars by going to a new website called recovery.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one policy or program will solve the challenges we face right now, nor will this crisis recede in a short period of time. But if we act now and act boldly; if we start rewarding hard work and responsibility once more; if we act as citizens and not partisans and begin again the work of remaking America, then I have faith that we will emerge from this trying time even stronger and more prosperous than we were before. Thanks for listening.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No creo que voy a poner todos los discursos semanales del presidente pero siendo este el primero, lo pongo para que escuchen sus planes e intensiones ahora que ya est\u00e1 encaramado en el macho. \ud83d\ude09 En este discurso \u00e9l difiende su plan de $825.000 millones para estimular la econom\u00eda del pa\u00eds. Dijo que esto no solamente era para impulsar el empleo a corto plaza sino que tambi\u00e9n invertir\u00eda en \u00e1reas prioritarias como la energ\u00eda, la educaci\u00f3n, la salud, etc… Saben lo ch\u00e9vere de todo esto, Obama promete que cada uno de nosotros podremos ir a un sitio web para ver d\u00f3nde y c\u00f3mo est\u00e1n gastando el dinero de ciudadanos. Ac\u00e1 est\u00e1n unos pasajes de su discurso: Realizaremos un esfuerzo sin precedentes para evitar el despilfarro, la ineficiencia y el gasto innecesario en nuestro Gobierno, y todos los americanos podr\u00e1n ver d\u00f3nde y como se gasta el dinero de los contribuyentes Si actuamos ahora y con valent\u00eda, si comenzamos a recompensar el trabajo duro y la responsabilidad una vez m\u00e1s, si actuamos como ciudadanos y no como miembros de uno u otro partido, y empezamos de nuevo la labor de reconstruir Am\u00e9rica, entonces tengo fe en que saldremos de este momento m\u00e1s fuertes y pr\u00f3speros de lo que \u00e9ramos antes Eevery American will be able to see how and where we spend taxpayer dollars by going to a new website called recovery.gov. httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RDfpd8GV9dI 01\/24\/09: President Obama’s Weekly Address<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23,248,106,166,5297],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-barack-obama","tag-discurso","tag-los-eeuu","tag-obama-administration","tag-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77370,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions\/77370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}