Obama offered some more details on the economic recovery plan he plans to put forward to Congress after the inauguration in his weekly radio address today, a program he called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
Some of the salient details were that he wanted to plan to create three million new jobs, up from 2.5 million, and to :
- double renewable energy production and make public buildings more energy efficient;
- rebuild crumbling roads, bridges and schools; computerize the health care system; modernize classrooms, labs and libraries;
- and provide tax breaks to American workers.
His advisers have estimated that the cost of the plan could be anywhere from $675 billion to $775 billion, while others expect it to be closer to $1 trillion. With how the government has been printing money lately, an extra $1 trillion, especially invested into programs that will help Americans stay employed and improve our infrastructure (rather than prop up banks and their epic failures), is better than the alternative. The question remains, will there be more pork stuffed in there or will this truly be a focused bill? We will have to see.
You can watch the address yourself (four minutes long):
Full transcript available here.
This post is originally from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: Economic Recovery Plan Details
译文:
美国复兴和再投资计划：奥巴马披露经济刺激计划细节
美国复兴和再投资计划：奥巴马披露经济刺激计划细节
今天，美国当选总统奥巴马在其发表的全国每周广播视频讲话中披露了即将在其就职典礼之后向国会提出的经济激励计划中更多的细节，此计划被其称为是美国的复兴和再投资计划。
其中，有些细节十分引人注目，比如：奥巴马计划将所要创造的就业机会从250万个增加至300万个，以及：
使美国可再生能源产量增加一倍并提高公共建筑的能源使用效率；
修复破损的道路、桥梁和学校；使医疗保健系统全面实现电脑化；实现全国课堂、实验室和图书馆的全面现代化；
为劳工阶层减免税收。
奥巴马的顾问预计此计划的成本总额可能从6750亿美元至7750亿美元之间，而其他人认为此计划的总额预计将接近1万亿美元。随着最近美国政府是如何加快步伐印制钞票，尤其是要将钱投资于帮助美国人就业以及改善其基础设施的这个计划中（而非去支持银行建设或是帮助那些轰然倒闭的银行），这额外的1万亿美元的资金总好过于拿钱去投资以上这两项中的任何一项。遗存问题该如何解决，奥巴马的经济刺激计划到底能否凑效，我们将拭目以待。
你可以从这儿看到演讲。（长达4分钟）