Weekly
Address: Restoring Opportunity for All
February 1, 2014
Hi, everybody.
This week, I delivered my State
of the Union Address. Today, here’s the three-minute version.
After four years of economic
growth with eight million new private sector jobs, our unemployment rate is the
lowest it’s been in more than five years.
And with the economy speeding up, companies say they intend to hire more
people this year.
But while those at the top are
doing better than ever, average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Too many Americans are working harder and
harder just to get by. And too many
still aren’t working at all.
Our job is to reverse those
trends. It’s time to restore opportunity
for all people—the idea that no matter who you are, if you work hard and live
up to your responsibilities, you can make it if you try.
The opportunity agenda I laid out
on Tuesday has four parts. This week, I took them on the road.
Job one is more new jobs: jobs in
construction and manufacturing, jobs in innovation and energy.
In Wisconsin, I talked with plant
workers at GE about part two: training more Americans with the skills to fill
those new jobs.
In Tennessee, I talked with
students about part three: guaranteeing every child access to a world-class
education, from early childhood, through college, and right into a career.
And with steelworkers in
Pittsburgh, and retail workers in Maryland, I laid out part four: making sure
hard work pays off for men and women, with wages you can live on, savings you
can retire on, and health insurance that’s there for you when you need it.
These ideas will strengthen the
middle class and help more people work their way into the middle class. Some of them will require Congress. But wherever I can take steps to expand
opportunity for more families on my own, I will. I’m going to ask business leaders, education
leaders, and philanthropic leaders to partner with us to advance these goals.
And every single day, I’m going
to fight for these priorities—to shift the odds back in favor of more working
and middle-class Americans, and to keep America a place where you can always
make it if you try.
Thanks. Have a great weekend. And enjoy the Super Bowl. |
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