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Address: America’s Resurgence Is Real
The White House
January 10, 2015
Hi, everybody. About a year ago,
I promised that 2014 would be a breakthrough year for America. And this week,
we got more evidence to back that up.
In December, our businesses
created 240,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 5.6%. That means that
2014 was the strongest year for job growth since the 1990s. In 2014,
unemployment fell faster than it has in three decades.
Over a 58-month streak, our
businesses have created 11.2 million new jobs. After a decade of decline,
American manufacturing is in its best stretch of job growth since the ‘90s.
America is now the world’s number one producer of oil and gas, helping to save
drivers about a buck-ten a gallon at the pump over this time last year. Thanks
to the Affordable Care Act, about 10
million Americans have gained health insurance in the past year alone. We have
cut our deficits by about two-thirds. And after 13 long years, our war in Afghanistan
has come to a responsible end, and more of our brave troops have come home.
It has been six years since the
crisis. Those years have demanded hard work and sacrifice on everybody’s part. So
as a country, we have every right to be proud of what we’ve got to show for it.
America’s resurgence is real. And now that we’ve got some calmer waters, if we
all do our part, if we all pitch in, we can make sure that tide starts lifting
all boats again. We can make sure that the middle class is the engine that
powers America’s prosperity for decades to come.
That’ll be the focus of my State of the Union Address in a couple
weeks – building on the progress we’ve made. But I figured, why wait – let’s
get started right now.
On Wednesday, I visited a Ford plant
outside of Detroit – because the American auto industry and its home state are
redefining the word “comeback.” On Thursday, I traveled to Arizona, a state
that was hit among the hardest by the housing crisis, to announce a new plan
that will put hundreds of dollars in new homeowners’ pockets, and help more new
families buy their first home. And, I’m speaking with you today from
Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee, a state making big strides in
education, to unveil my new plan to make two years of community college free
for every responsible student. I’m also here to establish a new hub that will
attract more good-paying, high-tech manufacturing jobs to our shores.
Making homeownership easier. Bringing
a higher education within reach. Creating more good jobs that pay good wages. These
are just some of the ways we can help every American get ahead in the new
economy. And there’s more to come. Because America is coming back. And I want
to go full speed ahead.
Thanks, everybody, and have a
great weekend. |
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