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新华网华盛顿3月16日电(记者 刘洪 胡芳)美国政府16日公布一项计划,旨在通过采取一系列促进信贷等措施,帮助美国小企业走出目前的困境。根据这项计划,美国政府从7870亿美元经济刺激方案中划出7.3亿美元,用于降低小企业借贷成本,并将受小企业管理局贷款项目覆盖的所有贷款的担保比例提高至90%。政府还将斥资150亿美元,解冻二级信贷市场;同时,政府还将要求接受政府救助的21家美国大银行,每月报告给予小企业的信贷金额,以此促进金融企业向小企业提供更多信贷。
美国总统奥巴马当天表示,尽管许多小企业仍保持盈利,但信贷市场的停滞正使这些企业面临困境,政府此举则是促进小企业发展的第一步。
美国财政部当天也表示,美国新增就业岗位的70%来自于小企业,美国政府将继续采取积极措施,确保小企业在美国经济复苏中发挥重大推动作用。
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Thank you very much.First of all, Marco, thank you for the wonderful introduction.I don’t know if people heard properly here, but this is a all-natural health food restaurant in Philly.(Laughter.)So I asked him what was the equivalent at his shop for a cheese steak.(Laughter.)And he described for me — what was it, a chicken –
MR.LENTINI: It’s our Chicken Italiano.(Laughter.)It’s a chicken cutlet, spinach Florentine, sharp provolone, all on an Italian ciabatta bread.(Laughter.)THE PRESIDENT: Right.So I wanted to know if there was Whiz on that.(Laughter.)And he said, no.(Laughter.)Marco is an example of what small busine is all about.And I think Cynthia is an example of what community banks are doing all acro the country, partnering with small businees in order to create jobs and opportunity and entrepreneurship that’s been the driving force in our economy for so very long.So I thank all of you, particularly the small businees and community bankers who are here today.And I thank the two of you, as well as some of the other entrepreneurs that we met, and bankers that we met, before this public event.Thank you for sharing your stories.I also want to thank the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Busine and Entrepreneurship, Senators Mary Landrieu and Olympia Snowe.Please give them a big round of applause.(Applause.)As well as the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Small Busine, Congrewoman Nydia Velazquez and Congreman Sam Graves, who are here as well.(Applause.)I want to thank them publicly for being here, but also so much of the good work that our proposals today are building on has to do with the vigilance that they’ve shown on their committees.So we very much appreciate that.学口译,做金领!迎战9月口译考试 奥巴马父亲节演讲(视频下载+文本)
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Now before I talk about the new steps we’re taking to get credit flowing to small businees acro our country, I do want to comment on the news about executive bonuses at AIG.I think some of you have heard a little bit about this over the last few days.This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distre due to recklene and greed.Under these circumstances, it’s hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much le $165 million in extra pay.I mean, how do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat? In the last six months, AIG has received substantial sums from the U.S.Treasury.And I’ve asked Secretary Geithner to use that leverage and pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American taxpayers whole.(Applause.)I want everybody to be clear that Secretary Geithner has been on the case.He’s working to resolve this matter with the new CEO, Edward Liddy — who, by the way, everybody needs to understand came on board after the contracts that led to these bonuses were agreed to last year.But I think Mr.Liddy and certainly everybody involved needs to understand this is not just a matter of dollars and cents.It’s about our fundamental values.All acro the country, there are people who are working hard and meeting their responsibilities every day, without the benefit of government bailouts or multi-million dollar bonuses.You’ve got a bunch of small busine people here who are struggling just to keep their credit line open — that they are foregoing pay, as one of our entrepreneurs talked about, they are in some cases mortgaging their homes, and doing a whole host of things just in order to keep things afloat.All they ask is that everyone, from Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, play by the same rules.And that is an ethic that we have to demand.And what this situation also underscores is the need for overall financial regulatory reform, so we don’t find ourselves in this position again, and for some form of resolution mechanism in dealing with troubled financial institutions, so that we’ve got greater authority to protect American taxpayers and our financial system in cases such as this.Now, we already have resolution authority — excuse me, I’m choked up with anger here —(laughter)— we always — already have some of that resolution authority when it comes to a traditional bank.But when you start getting into AIGs and some of these other operations that have a whole bunch of different financial instruments, then we don’t have all the regulatory power that we need.And this is something that I expect to work with Congre to deal with in the weeks and months to come.Well, we’re here today to talk about how my administration can help the millions of small businees bearing the brunt of this credit crisis.And Secretary Geithner and I just met with not only Marco and Cynthia, but a number of other small busine owners and community lenders who shared with us experiences that are familiar to so many.Small businees are the heart of the American economy.They’re responsible for half of all private sector jobs –-and they create roughly 70 percent of all new jobs in the past decade.So small businees are not only job generators, they’re also at the heart of the American Dream.After all, these are businees born in family meetings around kitchen tables.They’re born when a worker takes a chance on her desire to be her own bo.They’re born when a part-time inventor becomes a full-time entrepreneur, or when somebody sees a product that could be better or a service that could be smarter, and they think, ―Well, why not me? Let me try it.Let me take my shot.‖ That’s Marco’s story, which he just shared with us.That’s Brian Conrad’s story.When Brian’s company eliminated his department — Brian is sitting right there, so I don’t want to embarra him here, but it’s a great story — he lost his job, but he found his calling and started, you know, doing all kinds of work on a restaurant called the Blue Monkey, which now employs some 40 people in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.That’s Carmen Jones’s story.Carmen is over there.Carmen was disabled in an accident a few years ago.And in facing personal trials, she discovered a reservoir of strength and an untapped market.So today she helps companies advertise and sell their services to people living with disabilities.This is America’s story –-a place where we believe all things are poible;where we are limited only by our willingne to take a chance and work hard to achieve our dreams.But today, too many entrepreneurs can’t acce the capital to start, operate, or grow their busine.Too many dreams are being deferred or denied by a form letter cancelling a line of credit.And this is a consequence of the credit crisis, which began when some banks bundled and sold mortgages in complex ways to hide risk and avoid responsibility.The collapse of these mortgage-backed securities and other complex financial instruments froze the credit markets, including the markets that help small businees acce loans to cover payroll, to purchase supplies, or to expand in ways that create new jobs.And I think it’s important just to take a moment to understand — here’s how these markets work.A community bank, like the one run by Cynthia, offers an entrepreneur, like Marco, a loan to open up a restaurant.Before this crisis, Cynthia had two options.Her bank could hold the loan and receive regular payments from Marco as he pays back the amount that he borrowed plus interest.But another option was the bank could also sell part of the loan as an aet to a larger bank or to an investor.And that means that her bank could then use these new funds for more busine loans and auto loans and home loans and student loans.That’s why this secondary market — Cynthia’s ability to resell loans — is so important: It means banks can offer small businees and families more credit because the bank has more money on hand.If Cynthia could get that $11 million of SBA loans that she currently holds in her portfolio, if she can get that into the secondary market, that’s now $11 million that she can make work back in her community.Today, unfortunately, there aren’t nearly as many secondary buyers for these kinds of loans — even when they’re guaranteed by the Small Busine Administration.So community banks cannot bring in the funds neceary to provide as many loans.And as a result, we’ve seen a precipitous drop in lending to small busine.The SBA typically guarantees $20 billion in loans annually.But this year, lending may fall below $10 billion.Even businees with impeccable credit can’t acce loans.So entrepreneurs and their employees pay an enormous price.But the whole country pays a price, as well, because le lending leads to fewer jobs and lower spending, which leads to le lending — a vicious cycle that delays our recovery.And small businees don’t just provide jobs — they provide the innovations that help us lead in the global economy.Smaller companies produce 13 times more patents per employee than large companies.Now, think about it.Hewlett-Packard began in a garage.It was a small busine.Google began as a research project — small busine.The first Apple computers were built by hand one at a time — small busine.McDonald’s started with one restaurant.Marco, I know you’ve got ideas.(Laughter.)Small busine.Our recovery in the present and our prosperity in the future depend upon the succe of America’s small businees and entrepreneurs.And that’s why my administration has already taken aggreive action on their behalf.My recovery plan, as already been noted, raises the guarantees on SBA loans to 90 percent and eliminates costly fees for borrowers and lenders that can be too costly in a receion.And these changes are being implemented now, fulfilling a campaign promise that I made.The recovery plan also includes a series of tax cuts for small businees and tax incentives to encourage investments in small businees.And the Treasury Department has launched the Consumer and Busine Lending Initiative to help unfreeze the credit markets.I’ve also proposed, as part of my budget, that we reduce to zero the capital gains tax for investments in small or startup businees — expanding and making permanent one of the tax cuts in the recovery plan.And my budget, as part of our health care reform efforts, calls for tax credits and other aistance to help small businees offer coverage to their workers.学口译,做金领!迎战9月口译考试 奥巴马父亲节演讲(视频下载+文本)
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Well, I want to say to John and to every American running a small busine or hoping to run a small busine one day: You deserve a chance.America needs you to have that chance.And as President, I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure that you have the opportunity to contribute to your community, to our economy, and to the future of the United States of America.Thank you, everybody.Thank you.(Applause.)