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- President Barack Obama takes questions from Facebook employees and other users via the Internet during a Town Hall forum hosted by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and held at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Obama talks about new ways to have conversations via the Internet, the economy, the Federal deficit and the budget. Zuckerberg asks where cuts to the federal budget should be made. Obama explains the reasons for the deficit then talks about steps in the short term and long term to reduce it. Other topics covered include these: health care costs, the Republican budget proposal, infrastructure investment, education, trade, and green energy.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama announces the fiscal year 2014 budget saying the country can make critical investments to strengthen the middle class, create jobs, and grow the economy while continuing to cut the deficit in a balanced way.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his first address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama tells lawmakers and the country that America will recover from economic recession and emerge as a stronger nation. Referencing the past and anticipating the future, Obama says that he will cut the massive federal budget deficit he has "inherited" in half by the end of his term of office and that although U.S. banks may need more government funding, any additional money given will be tightly controlled. Obama says that the new budget he will shortly submit to Congress will include funding for healthcare and education reform and incentives for the development of alternate energy production. The President is introduced by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama begins a Twitter Town Hall meeting by sending out this tweet: "In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep?" The meeting is moderated by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Obama jokes that it was the first live tweet sent by a sitting president. Obama responds to selected questions that are representative of the most popular topics submitted online, which include education, foreign aid, the deficit, jobs and the economy. Obama says his administration has done much to help students afford college and help older workers return to school to upgrade skills. He explains the debt ceiling and the effect on the economy of not raising it. Obama also talks about tax cuts and tax subsidies to oil and agri-business. Held in the East Room of the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Carter talks about the selection of federal judges and defends the replacement of U.S. attorney David Marston in Philadelphia; he says he would like to have an agreement with Russia against nuclear weapons in space; discusses Israeli settlements in Egypt, 100 percent parity for farmers, a tax cut and reducing the federal deficit and putting unemployed back to work.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. He recounts the accomplishments of the previous year including the death of Osama bin Ladin and the end of combat in Iraq. Obama says, "We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules." He promises to continue fighting against the polices that brought on the 2008 economic crisis and proposes lowering taxes on companies that choose to stay in the U.S. and to cease rewarding companies that move operations and assets off shore. He also talks about immigration, education, energy, tax policy, the deficit, campaign financing and lobbying, the Afghan War, and revolution throughout the Middle East.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks about fiscal policy, the Federal budget, reducing the deficit, and improving America’s fiscal future at a town hall event held at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA. Obama declares the debate is not about whether the budget is cut, but how the budget is cut. Obama answers questions.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton talks about the challenges of his first six months in office. Clinton talks about relief for flooded states, the firing of FBI Director William S. Sessions and appointing Louis Freeh, the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the Supreme Court, and the legal problems of Representative Rostenkowski (D-IL). Clinton answers questions from callers on the budget deficit, base closures, Bosnia, gays in the military, Puerto Rican statehood, healthcare, NAFTA, and Iran. On "Larry King Live" broadcast from the White House Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-07-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama talks about the American Jobs Act and makes specific recommendations on spending reductions in agriculture subsidies, changes to Federal retirement programs and ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He recounts the causes of the deficit and suggests that the government must raise additional revenue as well as cut spending. Obama also declares a solution cannot depend solely on cuts, challenges Speaker of the House John Boehner to work with him, calls for the elimination of tax breaks and loopholes, reforming the tax code to reduce giveaways to special interests, and says he will reject any plan that puts the entire burden for solving the deficit on the backs of average Americans. The President speaks from the White House Rose Garden.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) talks about the balanced amendment as a response to President Clintons third State of the Union address.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-01-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection