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1、Obama:TheChangeWeNeed我们需要的变革Thisisadefiningmomentinourhistory.WefacetheworsteconomiccrisissincetheGreatDepression--760,000workershavelosttheirjobsthisyear.Businessesandfamiliescan'tgetcredit.Homevaluesarefalling,andpensionsaredisappearing.Wagesarelowerthanthey'vebeeninade
2、cade,atatimewhenthecostsofhealthcareandcollegehaveneverbeenhigher.Atamomentlikethis,wecan'taffordfourmoreyearsofspendingincreases,poorlydesignedtaxcuts,orthecompletelackofregulatoryoversightthatevenformerFederalReserveChairmanAlanGreenspannowbelieveswasamistake.Americanee
3、dsanewdirection.That'swhyI'mrunningforpresidentoftheUnitedStates.Tomorrow,youcangivethiscountrythechangeweneed.Myopponent,SenatorMcCain,hasservedhiscountryhonorably.Hecanevenpointtoafewmomentsinthepastwherehehasbrokenfromhisparty.Butoverthepasteightyears,he'svotedwithPres
4、identBush90%ofthetime.Andwhenitcomestotheeconomy,hestillcan'ttelltheAmericanpeopleonemajorthinghe'ddodifferentlyfromGeorgeBush.It'snotchangetocomeupwithataxplanthatdoesn'tgiveapennyofrelieftomorethan100millionmiddle-classAmericans--aplanthateventheNationalReviewandotherco
5、nservativeorganizationscomplaindoesfartoolittletobenefitthemiddleclass.It'snotchangetoaddmorethan$5trilliontothedeficitswe'verunupinrecentyears.It'snotchangetocomeupwithaplantoaddressourhousingcrisisthatputsanother$300billionoftaxpayermoneyatrisk--aplanthattheeditorialboa
6、rdofthisnewspapersaid'raisesmorequestionsthanitanswers.'Ifthere'sonethingwe'velearnedfromthiseconomiccrisis,it'sthatweareallinthistogether.FromCEOstoshareholders,fromfinancierstofactoryworkers,weallhaveastakeineachother'ssuccessbecausethemoreAmericansprosper,themoreAmeric
7、aprospers.That'swhywe'vehadtitansofindustrywho'vemadeittheirmissiontopaywellenoughthattheiremployeescouldaffordtheproductstheymade--businessmenlikeWarrenBuffett,whosesupportI'mproudtohave.That'swhyoureconomyhasn'tjustbeentheworld'sgreatestwealthcreator--it'sbeentheworld's
8、greatestjobgenerator.It'sbeenthetidethathasliftedtheboatsofthelargestmiddleclassinhistory.Torebu