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Uses his weekly address to stress that the budget must cut the deficit, reform health care, invest in education, reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil."I didn't come here to pass on our problems to the next president or the next generation -- I came here to solve them."Click above to watch. Full remarks here.
The President reflects on lessons from his time spent outside Washington this week… …which only reinforced the four core principles in his budget. Posted in Presidents Weekly Address Tagged: Barack Obama, president Obama
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced that in the coming week, he will highlight the core principles of his budget: cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term and making investments in long-delayed priorities like energy independence, education and health care reform. Making progress on these critical issues will end the bubble-bust cycle of the past and jumpstart our economy in the short term while laying the groundwork for America’s long-term prosperity.The President reflects on lessons from his time spent outside Washington recently, which only reinforced the core principles in his budget. The budget will be his central focus throughout this week:"These investments are not a wish list of priorities that I picked out of thin air – they are a central part of a comprehensive strategy to grow this economy by attacking the very problems that have dragged it down for too long: the high cost of health care and our dependence on oil; our education deficit and our fiscal deficit."Full Transcript Below.