美国总统大选辩论第二场.docx

1、美国总统大选辩论第二场(CNN) - President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney met in Hempstead, New York Tuesday evening for the second of three presidential debates, moderated by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley.CROWLEY: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead,

2、NewYork. Im Candy Crowley from CNNs State of the Union. We are herefor the second presidential debate, a town hall, sponsored by theCommission on Presidential Debates.CROWLEY: The Gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted votersfrom the New York area. Their questions will drive the night. Mygoal is t

3、o give the conversation direction and to ensure questions getanswered.The questions are known to me and my team only. Neither thecommission, nor the candidates have seen them. I hope to get to asmany questions as possible.CROWLEY: And because I am the optimistic sort, Im sure thecandidates will obli

4、ge by keeping their answers concise and on point.Each candidate has as much as two minutes to respond to a commonquestion, and there will be a two-minute follow-up. The audience herein the hall has agreed to be polite and attentive - no cheering orbooing or outbursts of any sort.We will set aside th

5、at agreement just this once to welcomePresident Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.(APPLAUSE)Gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. We have alot of folks whove been waiting all day to talk to you, so I want toget right to it.Governor Romney, as you know, you won the coin toss, so

6、the firstquestion will go to you. And I want to turn to a first-time voter,Jeremy Epstein, who has a question for you.QUESTION: Mr. President, Governor Romney, as a 20-year-oldcollege student, all I hear from professors, neighbors and others isthat when I graduate, I will have little chance to get e

7、mployment.What can you say to reassure me, but more importantly my parents, thatI will be able to sufficiently support myself after I graduate?ROMNEY: Thank you, Jeremy. I appreciate your - your question,and thank you for being here this evening and to all of those fromNassau County that have come,

8、thank you for your time. Thank you toHofstra University and to Candy Crowley for organizing and leadingthis - this event.Thank you, Mr. President, also for being part of this - thisdebate.college kids all over this country. I was in Pennsylvania withsomeone who had just graduated - this was in Phila

9、delphia - and shesaid, Ive got my degree. I cant find a job. Ive got three part-time jobs. Theyre just barely enough to pay for my food and pay foran apartment. I cant begin to pay back my student loans.So what we have to do is two things. We have to make sure thatwe make it easier for kids to affor

10、d college.ROMNEY: And also make sure that when they get out of college,theres a job. When I was governor of Massachusetts, to get a highschool degree, you had to pass an exam. If you graduated in the topquarter of your airlines, we gave you a John and Abigail Adamsscholarship, four years tuition fre

11、e in the college of your choice inMassachusetts, its a public institution.I want to make sure we keep our Pell grant program growing. Werealso going to have our loan program, so that people are able to affordschool. But the key thing is to make sure you can get a job when youget out of school. And w

12、hats happened over the last four years hasbeen very, very hard for Americas young people. I want you to beable to get a job.I know what it takes to get this economy going. With half ofcollege kids graduating this year without a college - excuse me,without a job. And without a college level job, that

13、s justunacceptable.And likewise youve got more and more debt on your back. So moredebt and less jobs. Im going to change that. I know what it takes tocreate good jobs again. I know what it takes to make sure that youhave the kind of opportunity you deserve. And kids across thiscountry are going to r

14、ecognize, were bringing back an economy.Its not going to be like the last four years. The middle-classhas been crushed over the last four years, and jobs have been tooscarce. I know what it takes to bring them back, and Im going to dothat, and make sure that when you graduate - when do you graduate?

15、QUESTION: 2014.ROMNEY: 2014. When you come out in 2014, I presume Im going tobe president. Im going to make sure you get a job. Thanks Jeremy.Yeah, you bet.CROWLEY: Mr. President?OBAMA: Jeremy, first of all, your future is bright. And the factthat youre making an investment in higher education is cr

16、itical. Notjust to you, but to the entire nation. Now, the most important thingwe can do is to make sure that we are creating jobs in this country.But not just jobs, good paying jobs. Ones that can support a family.OBAMA: And what I want to do, is build on the five million jobsthat weve created over

17、 the last 30 months in the private sectoralone. And there are a bunch of things we can do to make sure yourfuture is bright.Number one, I want to build manufacturing jobs in this countryagain. Now when Governor Romney said we should let Detroit gobankrupt. I said were going to bet on American worker

18、s and theAmerican auto industry and its come surging back.I want to do that in industries, not just in Detroit, but allacross the country and that means we change our tax code so weregiving incentives to companies that are investing here in the UnitedStates and creating jobs here.It also means were

19、helping them and small businesses to exportall around the world to new markets.Number two, weve got to make sure that we have the besteducation system in the world. And the fact that youre going tocollege is great, but I want everybody to get a great education andweve worked hard to make sure that s

20、tudent loans are available forfolks like you, but I also want to make sure that community collegesare offering slots for workers to get retrained for the jobs that areout there right now and the jobs of the future.Number three, weve got to control our own energy. Now, not onlyoil and natural gas, wh

21、ich weve been investing in; but also, wevegot to make sure were building the energy source of the future, notjust thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years fromnow. Thats why weve invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energyefficient cars.Weve got to reduce our deficit, but weve

22、got to do it in abalanced way. Asking the wealthy to pay a little bit more along withcuts so that we can invest in education like yours.And lets take the money that weve been spending on war over thelast decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do thosethings, not only is your future go

23、ing to be bright but Americasfuture is going to bright as well.CROWLEY: Let me ask you for more immediate answer and begin withMr. Romney just quickly what - what can you do? Were looking at asituation where 40 percent of the unemployed have been unemployed havebeen unemployed for six months or more

24、. They dont have the two yearsthat Jeremy has.What about those long term unemployed who need a job right now?ROMNEY: Well what youre seeing in this country is 23 millionpeople struggling to find a job. And a lot of them, as you say,Candy, have been out of work for a long, long, long time. Thepreside

25、nts policies have been exercised over the last four years andthey havent put Americans back to work.We have fewer people working today than we had when the presidenttook office. If the - the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent when hetook office, its 7.8 percent now. But if you calculated thatunemploy

26、ment rate, taking back the people who dropped out of theworkforce, it would be 10.7 percent.We have not made the progress we need to make to put people backto work. Thats why I put out a five-point plan that gets America 12million new jobs in four years and rising take-home pay. Its goingto help Jer

27、emy get a job when he comes out of school. Its going tohelp people across the country that are unemployed right now.And one thing that the president said, which I want to make surethat we understand, he said that I said we should take Detroitbankrupt. And thats right. My plan was to have the company

28、 gothrough bankruptcy like 7-Eleven did and Macys and Condell (ph)Airlines and come out stronger.And I know he keeps saying, you want to take Detroit bankrupt.Well, the president took Detroit bankrupt. You took General Motorsbankrupt. You took Chrysler bankrupt. So when you say that I wantedto take

29、the auto industry bankrupt, you actually did.And I think its important to know that that was a process thatwas necessary to get those companies back on their feet, so they couldstart hiring more people. That was precisely what I recommended andultimately what happened.CROWLEY: Let me give the presid

30、ent a chance.Go ahead.OBAMA: Candy, what Governor Romney said just isnt true. Hewanted to take them into bankruptcy without providing them any way tostay open. And we would have lost a million jobs. And that - donttake my word for it, take the executives at GM and Chrysler, some ofwhom are Republica

31、ns, may even support Governor Romney. But theylltell you his prescription wasnt going to work.And Governor Romneys says hes got a five-point plan? GovernorRomney doesnt have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan. Andthat plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a differentset of rules

32、. Thats been his philosophy in the private sector,thats been his philosophy as governor, thats been his philosophy asa presidential candidate.You can make a lot of money and pay lower tax rates than somebodywho makes a lot less. You can ship jobs overseas and get tax breaksfor it. You can invest in a company, bankrupt it, lay off theworkers, strip away their pensions, and you still make money.Thats exactly the philosophy that weve seen in place for thelast decade. Thats whats been squeezing middle class families.And we have fought