【正文】 to put our country on the path of fiscal discipline and responsibility that will lead to a brighter economic future for that’s a future I hope we can reach across party lines to build everybody, and have a great weekend.第五篇：奧巴馬每周演講稿 (25)20101211Right now, there’s a big debate taking place in Washington that will affect how much you pay in taxes next Congress doesn’t act, tax rates will automatically go up for just about everyone in our middle class families would end up paying an extra $3,’s unacceptable to when we know that it’s the middle class that was hit the hardest by the not when we know that taking this money out of the pockets of working people is exactly the wrong thing to do to get our economy growing tell us that this tax hike on working families could actually cost us well over a million ’s why I’ve been fighting so hard to cut middle class that’s why I brought both Democrats and Republicans to the table – to put together a promise, and work through our differences, so we could get this , the Republicans in Congress strongly favored permanent tax breaks for the wealthiest taxpayers and the wealthiest estates, most of which would go to millionaires and even I didn’t believe that these tax cuts were worth the ’d add to our deficits without really boosting the believed that the best way to help the economy, and working families, was to keep middle class tax rates low, and cut taxes for working parents, college students, and small I believed that with millions of people looking for jobs, it would be a terrible mistake to end unemployment insurance – not only for people who are out of work, but for our entire we hammered out a deal that reflects ideas from both wasn’t easy, and it’s by no means as with any promise, everybody had to live with elements they didn’t this is a good deal for the American vast majority of the tax cuts in this plan will help the middle class, including a new cut in payroll taxes that will save the average family about $1, as this plan is debated in Congress, what I want to make clear is the real difference it will make in people’s ’s going to make a difference for a single mom with two kids in Ohio working as a this plan, she’d get a new payroll tax cut and a bigger child tax credit together worth more than $2,’s going to make a difference for a couple in Florida earning about $50,000 and trying to put one of their two kids through ’d save more than $4,000 because of the middle class tax cuts – including a $2,500 tax credit to go toward college it’s going to make an enormous difference for people looking for many of these families, emergency unemployment insurance is the last line of defense between hardship and I’d point out, if these folks stop spending money, it will also hurt businesses, which will hurt hiring, which will damage our this plan is going to help millions of families to make ends meet, through tax cuts and unemployment insurance for people who’ve lost their jobs by no fault of their we included tax relief for businesses, too – making it easier for them to invest and told, this will not only directly help families and putting more money in people’s pockets, and helping panies grow, we’re going to see people being able to spend a little more, we’re going to spur hiring – we’re going to strengthen our entire , I recognize that many of my friends in my own party are unfortable with some of what’s in this agreement, in particular the temporary ta