【正文】 ourth of July weekend finds many Americans wishing things were a bit easier right do what this weekend reminds us, more than any other, is that we are a nation that has always risen to the challenges before are a nation that, 234 years ago, declared our independence from one of the greatest empires the world had ever are a nation that mustered a sense of mon purpose to overe Depression and fear are a nation that embraced a call to greatness and saved the world from is who we are – a nation that turns times of trial into times of triumph – and I know America will write our own destiny once wish every American a safe and happy Fourth of to all our troops serving in harm’s way, I want you to know you have the support of a grateful nation and a proud you, God Bless You, and God Bless the United States of America.第四篇：奧巴馬每周演講稿 (8)20100814Seventyfive years ago today, in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt signed Social Security into law, laying a cornerstone in the foundation of America’s middle class, and assuring generations of America’s seniors that after a lifetime of hard work, they’d have a chance to retire with have an obligation to keep that promise。to safeguard Social Security for our seniors, people with disabilities, and all Americans – today, tomorrow, and , we’ve been talking for a long time about how to do that。about how to make sure Social Security is healthy enough to cover the higher costs that are kicking in now that baby boomers are I’m mitted to working with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who wants to strengthen Social ’m also encouraged by the reports of serious bipartisan work being done on this and other issues in the fiscal mission that I set up several months thing we can’t afford to do though is privatize Social Security – an illconceived idea that would add trillions of dollars to our budget deficit while tying your benefits to the whims of Wall Street traders and the ups and downs of the stock few years ago, we had a debate about privatizing Social I’d have thought that debate would’ve been put to rest once and for all by the financial crisis we’ve just ’d have thought, after being reminded how quickly the stock market can tumble, after seeing the wealth people worked a lifetime to earn wiped out in a matter of days, that no one would want to place bets with Social Security on Wall Street。that everyone would understand why we need to be prudent about investing the retirement money of tens of millions of some Republican leaders in Congress don’t seem to have learned any lessons from the past few ’re pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this ’s right up there on their todo list with repealing some of the Medicare benefits and reforms that are adding at least a dozen years to the fiscal health of Medicare – the single longest extension in agenda is wrong for seniors, it’s wrong for America, and I won’t let it while I’m ’ll fight with everything I’ve got to stop those who would gamble your Social Security on Wall you shouldn’t be worried that a sudden downturn in the stock market will put all you’ve worked so hard for – all you’ve earned – at should have the peace of mind of knowing that after meeting your responsibilities and paying into the syst